Technically Wrong
Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
by Sara Wachter-Boettcher · first published 2017
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A revealing look at how tech industry bias and blind spots get baked into digital products--and harm us all.
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Technically Wrong by Sara Wachter-Boettcher A really interesting dive into looking at common apps and industry problems from alternate perspectives, as well as how bias affects technical and design decisions in software.…
on “Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017” ↗…influential scientists (Borlaug and Vogt) as exemplars for two ways of viewing progress, one highly focused on technological progress, one being sceptical of technological progress - Wachter-Boettcher's Technically Wrong, about implicit biases in modern technology and how that excludes or mistreats people. Some good lessons if you want to start a company and get as many customers as possible ;) Similar book with more…
on “Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read for programmers?” ↗