#mathdestruction

What should our online book club read next?  After all, what better way to start a new year than by reading a book together! (One note from our last reading: Benjamin Kahn published a fine blog post about Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  You can find all of my posts, your comments, and links about that important book here.) Our cat Hunter likes to read with us sometimes. If you’re new…

With this post we conclude our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  (If you’d like to catch up with the reading schedule, click here.  All posts for this reading, including the schedule one, are grouped here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer some discussion questions. But first, checking in on fellow readers’ reactions: Jason Green posted his responses to…

Reading _Weapons of Math Destruction_, part 5

With this post we continue our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  Now the topic shifts to the impact of data analytics on personal finance. (If you’d like to catch up on the reading schedule, click here.  All posts for this reading, including the schedule one, are grouped here. More info about our online book club is here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer…

Reading Weapons of Math Destruction, part 4

With this post we continue our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  This week’s chapters address the role of data analytics in the world of work. (If you’d like to catch up with the reading schedule, click here.  All posts for this reading, including the schedule one, are grouped here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer some discussion questions. But first,…

_Weapons of Math Destruction_, part 3

With this post we continue our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  (If you’d like to catch up with the reading schedule, click here.  All posts for this reading, including the schedule one, are grouped here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer some discussion questions. But first, some book club business.  Last week’s reading elicited some fine comments.…

_Weapons of Math Destruction_, part 2

With this post we continue our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  (If you’d like to catch up with the reading schedule, click here.  All posts for this reading, including the schedule one, are grouped here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer some discussion questions. But first, some book club business.  Last week’s reading elicited some fine comments on…

_Weapons of Math Destruction_, part 1

With this post we commence our reading of Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction.  (If you’d like to catch up with the reading schedule, click here.) Here I’ll summarize this week’s chapters, then offer some discussion questions. But first, some book club business.  It’s great to see a bunch of people have expressed a desire to read along, like this nice person on Twitter and on their blog:…

Reading _Weapons of Math Destruction_: the plan

Our new book club reading is Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction. In this post I’ll lay out a reading agenda, along with ways to participate. Brand new copy, straight from the local bookstore. The way people read along in this book club is through the web, essentially. It’s a distributed experience. It works like so. On this blog I post an agenda (see below), which is designed to be…