Math Is Racist: How Data Is [sic] Driving Inequality
8th September 2016
It’s no surprise that inequality in the U.S. is on the rise. But what you might not know is that math is partly to blame.
In a new book, “Weapons of Math Destruction,” Cathy O’Neil details all the ways that math is essentially being used for evil (my word, not hers).From targeted advertising and insurance to education and policing, O’Neil looks at how algorithms and big data are targeting the poor, reinforcing racism and amplifying inequality.
I am not making this up. I wish I were. (I wonder what the weather is like on their planet?)
Apparently, for Voices of the Crust, when reality disagrees with ideology, reality gets two to the head.