Weapons of Math Destruction

Reading Journey

Started: 2023-05-06T21:15:51Z
Ended: 2024-01-11T22:56:41Z
Total Time Read: 4hrs 14mins 20secs

Code

%run _help_reading.py
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(
  'https://github.com/MrGeislinger/victorsothervector/raw/main/'
  'data/reading/all_reading-clean.csv'
)

book_name = """Weapons of Math Destruction"""
one_title = one_title_data(df, book_name)
one_title_summary = get_summary_by_day(one_title)
generate_plot(one_title_summary, book_name);

/Users/victor/Developer/Workspace/victorsothervector/books/_help_reading.py:78: UserWarning: set_ticklabels() should only be used with a fixed number of ticks, i.e. after set_ticks() or using a FixedLocator. Otherwise, ticks may be mislabeled.
  ax.set_xticklabels(

Figure 1: Reading done for Weapons of Math Destruction

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Thoughts on Weapons of Math Destruction

Overview

“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.

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