Weapons of Math Destruction: Big Data by Cathy O'Neill | Book Club

Full Title: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Suggested by: Jan J.
Pages to read: 202
ISBN: 9780553418811 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780553418828 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are models?
•How to use statistics to experiment?
•What are Weapons of Math Destruction (WMDs)?
•What evidence does a human need compared to a WMD?
•What is success for a model?
•What is Moneyball?
•What are ads?
•What is the broken windows study?
•What are financial WMDs?
•What are educational WMDs?
•What are employment WMDs?
•What are labor market WMDs?
•What are incarceration WMDs?
•How can WMDs be used by politicians?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.