O'Neil argues that shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized, used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. She explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations and the healthcare system capitalize on it
"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.
A guide to the usefulness of data science covers such topics as algorithms, logistic regression, financial modeling, data visualization, and data engineering.