The Shame Machine - Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation

Cathy O''Neil is the author of the bestselling Weapons of Math Destruction, which won the Euler Book Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She received her PhD in mathematics from Harvard and has worked in finance, tech, and academia. She launched the Lede Program for data journalism at Columbia University and recently founded ORCAA, an algorithmic auditing company. O''Neil is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View.>

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An engaging read . . . O'Neil lays out the ways in which shame drives problems such as obesity, drug addiction, poverty and political divides. She discusses how social media thrives on and is designed to encourage humiliation, and unpicks the many fallacies in how we think about shame New Statesman

Product details

• Authors: Cathy O'Neil, O'Neil Cathy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781802060317
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-031-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Business: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Social discrimination and social justice