🔒 Privacy Debates

Works engaging with the contested terrain between security and liberty, transparency and autonomy — the arguments that define how free societies negotiate surveillance.

Nothing to Hide

by Daniel J. Solove • 2011

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

3.85

182

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law

Nothing to Hide 92%

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

by Daniel J. Solove 2011

3.85

182 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Dragnet Nation 92%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Why Privacy Matters

by Neil Richards • 2021

Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.

4.06

177

🧑‍💻 Digital Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚖️ Privacy Law

Why Privacy Matters 92%

Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.

by Neil Richards 2021

4.06

177 ratings

🧑‍💻 Digital Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚖️ Privacy Law

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

by Heidi Boghosian • 2021

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

3.64

191

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

"I Have Nothing to Hide" 91%

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

by Heidi Boghosian 2021

3.64

191 ratings

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Right to Privacy

by Ellen Alderman • 1995

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

3.96

339

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties

The Right to Privacy 91%

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

by Ellen Alderman 1995

3.96

339 ratings

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

by Theresa Payton • 2014

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

3.56

112

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data

Privacy in the Age of Big Data 91%

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

by Theresa Payton 2014

3.56

112 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data

Privacy is Power

by Carissa Véliz • 2020

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

4.02

1k+

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance

Privacy is Power 91%

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

by Carissa Véliz 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance

The Right to Oblivion

by Lowry Pressly • 2024

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

4.01

254

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy

The Right to Oblivion 90%

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

by Lowry Pressly 2024

4.01

254 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy

Liquid Surveillance

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

3.80

490

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory

Liquid Surveillance 90%

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2012

3.80

490 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory

The Art of Invisibility

by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2017

From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.

3.98

5k+

🛡️ Digital Privacy 🔒 Operational Security 👁️ Mass Surveillance

The Art of Invisibility 89%

From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.

by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017

3.98

5k+ ratings

🛡️ Digital Privacy 🔒 Operational Security 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Context

by Cory Doctorow • 2011

3.66

372

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

Context 89%

by Cory Doctorow 2011

3.66

372 ratings

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

Permanent Record

by Edward Snowden • 2019

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

4.3

59k+

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy

Permanent Record 89%

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

by Edward Snowden 2019

4.3

59k+ ratings

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy

Mindf*ck

by Christopher Wylie • 2019

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

4.36

8k+

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference

Mindf*ck 89%

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

by Christopher Wylie 2019

4.36

8k+ ratings

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

4.05

14k+

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 89%

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

by Shoshana Zuboff 2018

4.05

14k+ ratings

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique

Your Face Belongs to Us

by Kashmir Hill • 2023

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

4.11

2k+

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Your Face Belongs to Us 89%

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

by Kashmir Hill 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons

The Anarchist In The Library 88%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It

by Jonathan L. Zittrain • 2008

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

3.86

1k+

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 88%

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks

Targeted

by Brittany Kaiser • 2019

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

3.58

1k+

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics

Targeted 88%

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

by Brittany Kaiser 2019

3.58

1k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics

Mindmasters

by Sandra Matz • 2025

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

3.96

399

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism

Mindmasters 88%

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

by Sandra Matz 2025

3.96

399 ratings

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

by P.W. Singer • 2013

The Internet trusts everyone. That made it a battlefield where attackers rarely get caught.

3.83

1k+

🔐 Information Security ⚔️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar 88%

The Internet trusts everyone. That made it a battlefield where attackers rarely get caught.

by P.W. Singer 2013

3.83

1k+ ratings

🔐 Information Security ⚔️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking

Artificial Intelligence

by Neil Wilkins • 2019

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

3.18

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Artificial Intelligence 88%

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

by Neil Wilkins 2019

3.18

17 ratings

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Digital Empires

by Anu Bradford • 2023

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

3.91

151

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism

Digital Empires 88%

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

by Anu Bradford 2023

3.91

151 ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism

The Future of Violence

by Benjamin Wittes • 2014

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

3.42

318

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy

The Future of Violence 88%

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

by Benjamin Wittes 2014

3.42

318 ratings

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

736

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence

You Can't Read This Book 88%

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

by Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

736 ratings

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence

Free Speech

by Timothy Garton Ash • 2017

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

3.96

312

🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy

Free Speech 88%

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

by Timothy Garton Ash 2017

3.96

312 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy

Tools and Weapons

by Brad Smith • 2019

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

3.85

2k+

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity

Tools and Weapons 88%

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

by Brad Smith 2019

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity

An Ugly Truth

by Sheera Frenkel • 2021

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

3.96

7k+

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation

An Ugly Truth 88%

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

by Sheera Frenkel 2021

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation

The Tech Coup

by Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

3.78

468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Tech Coup 88%

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

by Marietje Schaake 2024

3.78

468 ratings

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Internet of Us

by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

3.50

545

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload

The Internet of Us 88%

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016

3.50

545 ratings

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship

Google Archipelago 88%

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship

Migrations to Solitude

by Sue Halpern • 1992

Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.

3.34

108

🔐 Privacy Erosion ⚕️ Medical Ethics 🧘 Contemplative Solitude

Migrations to Solitude 87%

Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.

by Sue Halpern 1992

3.34

108 ratings

🔐 Privacy Erosion ⚕️ Medical Ethics 🧘 Contemplative Solitude

Cryptography

by Keith M. Martin • 2020

Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?

3.96

174

🔒 Digital Security 🔐 Encryption 👁️ Digital Privacy

Cryptography 87%

Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?

by Keith M. Martin 2020

3.96

174 ratings

🔒 Digital Security 🔐 Encryption 👁️ Digital Privacy

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

3.85

1k+

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy

Don't Be Evil 87%

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy

The New Digital Age

by Eric Schmidt • 2013

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

3.33

3k+

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict

The New Digital Age 87%

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

by Eric Schmidt 2013

3.33

3k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

New Abnormal 87%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

4.50

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 87%

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021

4.50

2 ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Future Crimes

by Marc Goodman • 2015

Crime went corporate. The dark web runs like Amazon, and your digital exhaust is its inventory.

3.92

4k+

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕶️ Dark Web 💻 Digital Crime

Future Crimes 87%

Crime went corporate. The dark web runs like Amazon, and your digital exhaust is its inventory.

by Marc Goodman 2015

3.92

4k+ ratings

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕶️ Dark Web 💻 Digital Crime

Conspiracy

by Ryan Holiday • 2018

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

3.96

7k+

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics

Conspiracy 87%

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

by Ryan Holiday 2018

3.96

7k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics

The Red Web

by Andrei Soldatov • 2015

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

3.95

700

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin'S Russia 👁️ Surveillance State

The Red Web 87%

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

by Andrei Soldatov 2015

3.95

700 ratings

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin'S Russia 👁️ Surveillance State

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media

by Carrie James • 2009

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

3.53

112

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media Summary

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media 87%

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

by Carrie James 2009

3.53

112 ratings

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity

Rewiring Democracy

by Bruce Schneier • 2025

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

3.67

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

Rewiring Democracy 87%

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

by Bruce Schneier 2025

3.67

91 ratings

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

3.82

608

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor

System Error 87%

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

by Rob Reich 2021

3.82

608 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor

Free Speech

by Nigel Warburton • 2009

Silencing one dissenter wounds truth. Hate speech and pornography test whether we still believe it.

3.64

873

🗣️ Free Speech Theory ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Political Philosophy

Free Speech 87%

Silencing one dissenter wounds truth. Hate speech and pornography test whether we still believe it.

by Nigel Warburton 2009

3.64

873 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Theory ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Political Philosophy

Alone Together

by Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

3.62

6k+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity

Alone Together 87%

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

by Sherry Turkle 2011

3.62

6k+ ratings

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity

The People Vs Tech

by Jamie Bartlett • 2018

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

3.90

2k+

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism

The People Vs Tech 87%

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

by Jamie Bartlett 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism

The Hacker Crackdown

by Bruce Sterling • 1992

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

3.80

3k+

💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History

The Hacker Crackdown 87%

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

by Bruce Sterling 1992

3.80

3k+ ratings

💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History

Black Mirror and Philosophy

by David Kyle Johnson • 2019

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

4.09

161

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness

Black Mirror and Philosophy 87%

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

by David Kyle Johnson 2019

4.09

161 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness

The Perfect Police State

by Geoffrey Cain • 2021

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

4.23

1k+

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics

The Perfect Police State 87%

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

by Geoffrey Cain 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics

Everyday Cybersecurity

by Christopher Cox • 2019

The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.

5.00

🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity 🔐 Digital Privacy 🌐 Internet Safety

Everyday Cybersecurity 87%

The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.

by Christopher Cox 2019

5.00

1 ratings

🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity 🔐 Digital Privacy 🌐 Internet Safety

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

To Save Everything, Click Here 87%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

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