This is a must read for any age but especially if you are in your twenties or thirties. The book shows how important it is to stay one jump ahead, to resist the commercial pressures brought to bear on them by lobbyists which can overturn government po...  Read More

O’neil describes similar algorithmic models used in the banking industry to assess someone’s loan rating. The book is an absolutely fascinating book and sheds a light on how algorithms and mathematical models are taking over our daily lives. I strongl...  Read More

Dr o'neil's book is a balanced, well-written and timely account of the concerns with the use of big data and algorithms. He argues that we all take data far too seriously.

As a poacher-turned-gamekeeper of the big data world, cathy o'neil is ideally placed to take us on a voyage of horrible discovery. She illustrates the pitfalls of allowing data scientists to operate in a moral and ethical vacuum. The book is written i...  Read More

Weapons of math destruction is a book about the dark side of the internet and computer technology. It raises moral and ethical questions about privacy, the role of computers in our lives, as well as traditional ethical values and why they matter. The ...  Read More

O'neil's study is sensationalist on the issues which it does address, and yet not scary enough because it leaves so much out. Zero insight whatsoever. It is easy to be negative about an emerging subject like big data and modelling in general.

For every person who unfairly gets a large loan, or a top job on the basis of this privilege, there is another who unfairly doesn't get it. parents are influenced by spurious factors. Relying on the principal's opinion leads to all sorts of * and unfa...  Read More

O'neil plays the very game she professes to despise - bias and exaggeration. But rather than taking an honest look at the subject, o’neil takes the ‘weapons of math destruction’ line far too literally, and unwittingly re-uses a term that has come to m...  Read More