Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

Name: Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
Rating: 4 (7 reviews)

Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Oct 2017 · W. W. Norton & Company

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“An entertaining romp that tells us where and why the tech industry, once America’s darling, went wrong, and what it might do to recover its good graces.” —Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch

Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us realize just how many oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares are baked inside the tech products we use every day. It’s time we change that.

In Technically Wrong, Sara Wachter-Boettcher demystifies the tech industry, leaving those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to make informed choices about the services we use—and to demand more from the companies behind them.

A Wired Top Tech Book of the Year
A Fast Company Best Business and Leadership Book of the Year

“An entertaining romp that tells us where and why the tech industry, once America’s darling, went wrong, and what it might do to recover its good graces.” —Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now ...

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7 reviews

A Google user

November 15, 2017

WEB Designers is the focus of this book. Sara Wachter-Boettcher is a professional designer of WEB sites. This book is a must have for designers of all types to see their false assumptions in the process. Note: This version DRM protected.

Anil Das

October 27, 2020

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About the author

Sara Wachter-Boettcher runs Rare Union, a consultancy based in Philadelphia, and is the author of Technically Wrong, Design for Real Life, with Eric Meyer, and Content Everywhere. She helps organizations with digital product and content strategy, and speaks at conferences worldwide.

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