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Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …
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A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …
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