Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

Wachter-Boettcher, Sara

ISBN 10: 0393356043 / ISBN 13: 9780393356045

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018

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Riassunto:

Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us realize just how many oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares are baked inside the tech products we use every day. It s time we change that.In Technically Wrong, Sara Wachter-Boettcher demystifies the tech industry, leaving those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to make informed choices about the services we use and to demand more from the companies behind them.A Wired Top Tech Book of the YearA Fast Company Best Business and Leadership Book of the Year

Informazioni sull'autore: Sara Wachter-Boettcher runs Rare Union, a consultancy based in Philadelphia, and is the author of Technically Wrong, Design for Real Life, with Eric Meyer, and Content Everywhere. She helps organizations with digital product and content strategy, and speaks at conferences worldwide.

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Titolo: Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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