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Calling BS on big data is really important, but this article is weak. The New Yorker should be doing better. Try Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neill f
by WillPostForFood 9y ago
Calling BS on big data is really important, but this article is weak. The New Yorker should be doing better. Try Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neill for a much more informed critique.
https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-Inequality/dp/0553418815 https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-In...
- nickpsecurity 9y ago"The New Yorker should be doing better. " That alternative you linked is free reading on the New Yorker or some other site? Or are you saying people willing to pay for a better article/book/source/training can get it? That's almost always true.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoI'm was saying that the New Yorker usually has very high quality writing, but this article wasn't.