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2022-23 Common Read: Weapons of Math Destruction

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil

2022-2023 Common Read Selection

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About this Resource Guide

Welcome! The purpose of this guide is to provide NKU faculty, staff, and students with links to resources from Steely Library and online that can help you further explore the Common Read selection, Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil.

We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
 
But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O’Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination—propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.

Using this guide will help you to:

  • Learn more about the book
  • Identify appropriate NKU databases and resources relevant to the Common Read selection
  • Get help! Do you have a question? Do you need help with your research? Get help @ Steely Library!

 

W. Frank Steely Library is committed to providing researchers with the most relevant resources and materials for their topics. The purpose of this resource guide is to supplement the selected readings chosen by the Common Experience committee. The resources listed within this guide are only suggestions and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you and your specific course needs. 

 

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