The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5 hours ago

The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"

mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 hours ago

But what if bias was not the reason? What if ~~your face gave genuinely useful clues about your probable performance~~ we just agreed to redefine “bias” as something else, despite this fitting the definition of the word perfectly, just so I can claim this isn’t biased?