2 The Politics of Optimization

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Introduction: You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem 1
4. 1 How Much of a Problem Are We? 11
5. 2 The Politics of Optimization 24
6. 3 The Problem for Democracy 34
7. 4 The Algorithmic Contract and its Discontents 43
8. 5 The Classification Economy 66
9. 6 Optimizing Identity 85
10. 7 Algorithmic Obligation 105
11. References 123
12. Index 139