The privileged, we’ll see time and again, are processed more by people, the masses by machines.

Cathy ONeil
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When it comes to the privileged, we learn more from people than machines. It’s a fact that we can’t deny. When we’re around the privileged, we often feel inferior and that we don’t know what to say or do. We feel like we aren’t as smart as them and our actions don’t matter as much as theirs.

The truth is, they don’t know us and we don’t know them. And, we don’t need to know them to know how to behave around them. We can be respectful in our speech and in our actions, but know that our words won’t change their minds or have any effect on their lives at all.

Source: Weapons Of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality And Threatens Democracy

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