{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Michael Rowe","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog","author_name":"Michael Rowe","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/author\/michael\/","title":"Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms. - Michael Rowe","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"75U8cfxFve\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/2018\/08\/want-less-biased-decisions-use-algorithms\/\">Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/2018\/08\/want-less-biased-decisions-use-algorithms\/embed\/#?secret=75U8cfxFve\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms.&#8221; &#8212; Michael Rowe\" data-secret=\"75U8cfxFve\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"At the heart of this work is the concern that algorithms are often opaque, biased, and unaccountable tools being wielded in the interests of institutional power. So how worried should we be about the modern ascendance of algorithms? These critiques and investigations are often insightful and illuminating, and they have done a good job in [&hellip;]"}