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title: "1 Algorithmic Systems Quotes By Sara Wachter-Boettcher"
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> [“Cathy O’Neil claims that this reliance on historical data is a fundamental problem with many algorithmic systems: “Big data processes codify the past,” she writes. “They do not invent the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/cathy-o-neil-claims-that-this-reliance-on-historical-data-is-a/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

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## More by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

> [“no matter how much tech companies talk about algorithms like they’re nothing but advanced math, they always reflect the values of their creators:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/no-matter-how-much-tech-companies-talk-about-algorithms-like-they-re/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“Cathy O’Neil claims that this reliance on historical data is a fundamental problem with many algorithmic systems: “Big data processes codify the past,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/cathy-o-neil-claims-that-this-reliance-on-historical-data-is-a/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“when designers use clean aesthetics to cover over a complex reality—to take something human, nuanced, and rife with potential for bias, and flatten it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/when-designers-use-clean-aesthetics-to-cover-over-a-complex-reality/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“The good news is there’s actually no magic to tech. As opaque as it might seem from the outside, it’s just a skill set—one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/the-good-news-is-there-s-actually-no-magic-to-tech-as-opaque-as-it/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“Dash concludes that, ultimately, the tech industry doesn’t really exist. It’s just in these organizations’ best interests to be seen as “tech.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/dash-concludes-that-ultimately-the-tech-industry-doesn-t-really-exist/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“The reality is a lot more mundane: design and programming are just professions—sets of skills and practices, just like any other field. Admitting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/the-reality-is-a-lot-more-mundane-design-and-programming-are-just/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

> [“Study after study shows that diverse teams perform better. In a 2014 report for Scientific American, Columbia professor Katherine W. Phillips examined a broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/study-after-study-shows-that-diverse-teams-perform-better-in-a-2014/)

[Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/)

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