Caroline Criado-Perez was on BBC Radio 2 a couple of weeks ago, talking about her book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline was pointing out that, while governments, companies and individuals rely on data to make all sorts of important decisions about healthcare, schools and insurance, in the majority of cases that data is fundamentally flawed. Morgan Stanley retains best equity fund manager crown in FundCalibre index The world, she said, is largely built for men because the majority of data we collect is from, and used by, men. She gave a ream of consequences, such as the fact that women are more likely to be injured in a car accident because the seats have been built for men and cars tested ...
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