How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual by Dan Bouk
How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual
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Dan Bouk
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How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual

Dan Bouk

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science challenging informative medium-paced
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Long before the age of Big Data or the rise of today's self-quantifiers, American capitalism embraced risk--and proceeded to number our days. Life insurers led the way, developing numerical practices for measuring individuals and groups, predictin...

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