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Escape from Model Land – Data Ethics and Society Reading Group
- Date
- 14th December 2023 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Venue
- Online
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The final Data Science: Ethics & Society Reading Group session of 2023 will be discussing Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It, by Dr Erica Thompson.
Drawing on contemporary examples from finance, climate and health policy, Erica Thompson explores what models are, why we need them, how they work and what happens when they go wrong.