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Cathy O'Neil
Cathy O'Neil is a mathematician who has worked as a professor, a hedge-fund analyst and a data scientist. She is the founder of the algorithmic auditing firm ORCAA and the author of the recent book "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy."