Monthly Archives: October 2019

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil

Posted on October 11, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by … Continue reading →

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Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein

Posted on October 4, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale. My impressions: Do you think superwealthy people love … Continue reading →

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