The Ordinal Society |
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| Author:
| Fourcade, Marion
Healy, Kieran |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-97114-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2024 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Organizations now measure and rank nearly every aspect of our lives, using data to make predictions about our purchasing power, tastes, and character. The Ordinal Society shows how these predictions structure life chances, producing a hollow morality that launders familiar forms of social advantage into an illusion of merit.
Organizations now measure and rank nearly every aspect of our lives, using data to make predictions about our purchasing power, tastes, and character. The Ordinal Society shows how these predictions structure life chances, producing a hollow morality that launders familiar forms of social advantage into an illusion of merit.