While I'm recommending books, let me pimp Christopher Steiner's book Automate This. It's a fascinating glimpse into how algorithms are running our live and may, in the fullness of time, take over (or take away) our jobs. Almost everything you do is controlled, or at least touched by algorithms. Have a credit card? Algorithms determine whether your purchase is flagged as fraud. Seeing a doctor? An algorithm may be fine-tuning, or just flat-out making, your diagnosis. And on and on. Really a fascinating book.
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