Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy - O'Neil, Cathy (Allen Lane Publication UK, 2016)
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives$1 (Bwhere we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance$1 (Bare being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated.s
Keywords: Humanities and Social Science; Democracy