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Aaron Hertzmann Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer: Essays, Wendell Berry

Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer: Essays

Wendell Berry
Aaron HertzmannAaron Hertzmann

Wendell Berry, "Why I Am Not Going To Buy A Computer," 1987 https://t.co/RJZyCmS7t7

Paperback, 2021

$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Cathy O'Neil

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil
Aaron HertzmannAaron Hertzmann

My first exposure to the real-world dangers of hype around so-called "artificial intelligence" was the 2016 book _Weapons of Math Destruction_ by Cathy O'Neil... and it doesn't even list "AI" in the index. Back then, it was branded "Big Data."

Paperback, 2017

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book