A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling—a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. 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 humans, but by mathema...(展开全部)

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 humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. But as Cathy O'Neil revea...(展开全部)

凯西·奥尼尔（Cathy O'Neil） 数据科学家，mathbabe.org 的博主。博士毕业于哈佛大学，主修数学专业。她曾在巴纳德学院任教，之后为私营企业服务，例如避险基金。她还在各类新型公司担任数据科学家，预测消费者购买与点击趋势。每周她都会出现在“财富记账”的播客上。

凯西·奥尼尔（Cathy O'Neil） 数据科学家，mathbabe.org 的博主。博士毕业于哈佛大学，主修数学专业。她曾在巴纳德学院任教，之后为私营企业服务，例如避险基金。她还在各类新型公司担任数据科学家，预测消费者购买与点击趋势。每周她都会出现在“财富记账”的播客上。

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 humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. But as Cathy O'Neil revea...(展开全部)

A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling—a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. 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 humans, but by mathema...(展开全部)

法蘭克•巴納比（Frank Barnaby） 為核子物理學家、恐怖主義研究專家，曾任職於英國原子武器研究中心（Atomic Weapons Research Establishment）、倫敦大學學院（University College London）、斯德哥爾摩和平研究院（Stockholm International Peace Research Institute）、阿姆斯特丹自由大學（Free University）。目前於牛津研究中心（Oxford Research Group）研究軍事科技、民用與軍用核能，以及恐怖份子與大規模毀滅性武器。

名叫夏瑞狄恩‧薩卡威的男子是特別行動局最頂尖的探員之一，透過陰謀、卑劣的詭計或軍事行動改變星球的命運，好符合「文明」的期望。 名叫狄賽特‧斯瑪的女子從卑微不受注意的地帶將他拉出來，將他推向現在的顯赫成就，但儘管有他們那一切的約定，她並不如她以為的那樣了解他。 名叫斯卡芬─阿姆提斯考的機器人認識這兩個人。它曾經以特別血腥的辦法展開大屠殺而救了女子一命。它認為那位男子已經喪失了熱忱。但即使擁有機器的人工智慧，它也無從見證男子的可怕過去。 無比地聰穎，兼具詼諧與恐怖，《武器浮生錄》是一部科幻小說的傑作。 再也沒有英國科幻作家的作品讓我如此熱切期待……班克斯改寫了整個太空歌劇文類的劇本。──時報雜誌 如詩、幽默、困惑、恐怖、性感──伊恩‧班克斯的書就是這些加上更多。──NME 一本細緻、錯綜複雜的小說，充滿了動作跟道德見解，而且撰寫得如此美麗，讓我永遠不想讓...(展开全部)

Services like social networks, web analytics, and intelligent e-commerce often need to manage data at a scale too big for a traditional database. Complexity increases with scale and demand, and handling big data is not as simple as just doubling down on your RDBMS or rolling out some trendy new technology. Fortunately, scalability and simplicity are not mutually exclusive—you j...(展开全部)

Services like social networks, web analytics, and intelligent e-commerce often need to manage data at a scale too big for a traditional database. Complexity increases with scale and demand, and handling big data is not as simple as just doubling down on your RDBMS or rolling out some trendy new technology. Fortunately, scalability and simplicity are not mutually exclusive—you j...(展开全部)