[BEST BOOKS] : WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION

IN THIS BOOK, data scientist Cathy O'Neill EXPLORES THE age of the algorithm, questioning its impact on humans and society.

Logically designed algorithms would be expected to to bring about calm, certainty and fairness   -but this is far from being the case.

Instead, policies informed by 'fair' algorithms are currently penalising some of those most at need, creating vicious cycles and highlighting the ''dark side of big data.''

Fax Technica : Written by  Philip N. Howard. An unfashionably optimistic view of the Internet of Things [IoT] and what this  new  hyper-connectedness could do for politics, democracy and even the authoritarian regimes that have flourished lately.

He argues that IoT won't just change the nature of devices but the ability - or inability - of power brokers to control it. [TechWorld].