Discriminating DataWendy Hui Kyong Chun, Alex Barnett
Discriminating Data
by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Alex Barnett · first published 2021
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'Discriminating Data' by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is a really interesting read about the impact and influence of the eugenic origins of statistics to new fields like network and data science too. Highly recommended.
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