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More Advance Praise for Weapons OF math destruction Weapons of math destruction is a fantastic, plainspoken call to arms. Itacknowledges that models aren t going away: As a tool for identifying people indifficulty, they are amazing. But as a tool for punishing and disenfranchising,they re a nightmare. Cathy O Neil s book is important precisely because shebelieves in data science. It s a vital crash course in why we must interrogate thesystems around us and demand better. Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and co-editor of Boing Boing Many algorithms are slaves to the inequalities of power and prejudice. If youdon t want these algorithms to become your masters, read Weapons of MathDestruction by Cathy O Neil to deconstruct the latest growing tyranny of anarrogant establishment. Ralph Nader, author of Unsafe at Any Speed Next time you hear someone gushing uncritically about the wonders of Big Data,show them Weapons of math destruction .
Destruction, or WMDs for short. I’ll walk you through an example, pointing out its destructive characteristics along the way. As often happens, this case started with a laudable goal. In 2007, Washington, D.C.’s new mayor, Adrian Fenty, was determined to turn around the city’s underperforming schools.
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