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Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.

Tracing her experiences as a mathematician and data scientist working in academia, finance, and advertising, Cathy O’Neil will walk us through what she has learned about the pervasive, opaque, and unaccountable mathematical models that regulate our lives, micromanage our economy, and shape our behavior. Cathy will examine how statistical models often pose as neutral mathematical tools, lending a veneer of objectivity to decisions that can severely harm people at critical life moments...

Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein discuss their new book "Data Feminism," with Data & Society’s Director of Research Sareeta Amrute.