<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dailydigest@piqd.com">dailydigest@piqd.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 8:00 AM<br>Subject: Why so-called objective and unbiased algorithms might be actually racist<br>To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><u></u>









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