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Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
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Fry takes us through an engaging overview of data and algorithms, and how they are used in our modern world.
It reads like an entertaining Guardian article, but never really manages to pull itself to a higher level than that.
Some questionable conclusions are drawn, and there may be a lack of depth on any of the individual subjects, but the occasional nuggets of wisdom and the easy tone make up for much of the downsides; it was still a breezy read and may serve as an interesting introduction to data science for the completely uninitiated. That said, you'd have to feel that many of the cases looked at the book would be known to anyone with even a passing interest, so I'm not entirely sure what purpose it could best serve.
It reads like an entertaining Guardian article, but never really manages to pull itself to a higher level than that.
Some questionable conclusions are drawn, and there may be a lack of depth on any of the individual subjects, but the occasional nuggets of wisdom and the easy tone make up for much of the downsides; it was still a breezy read and may serve as an interesting introduction to data science for the completely uninitiated. That said, you'd have to feel that many of the cases looked at the book would be known to anyone with even a passing interest, so I'm not entirely sure what purpose it could best serve.
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Reading Progress
September 1, 2018
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Started Reading
September 1, 2018
– Shelved as:
non-fiction
September 1, 2018
– Shelved
September 4, 2018
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Finished Reading
March 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
maths