By now, you're probably sick of hearing about "big data," "analytics," and everything in between. We've heard the story of a pregnant teen's father finding out she's pregnant from a Target mailing for diapers, but that's not as scary as it gets. In Weapons of Math Destruction, former quant Cathy O'Neil exposes the shaky logic that many data models are built upon.
If you love math, you will definitely like this book, but everyone who has a belief in "the system" will be petrified by what this book reveals.
How many times has someone said to you, "Well, the numbers don't lie" or "The computer said it, not me." Well guess what? Computers need to be programmed by people, and the people doing the programming don't understand logical fallacies enough to be allowed to do so.
While the book itself slogs along a bit, the concepts covered are amazing.
Thanks to Blogging for Books for this copy!
