Author Cathy O'Neil takes the on subject of mathematical algorithms and she makes it fascinating to read about how Big Data affects our lives: how public school teachers get evaluated, how students get accepted into colleges, how communities get policed, how insurance gets priced and more. She tackles the unfairness of these WMDs (Weapons of Math Destruction) and how they worsen the lives of those already living at the margins, as well as for some who are not. An eye-opening read, even for a reader without extensive mathematical background.
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