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 Chapter two discusses the WMDs behind the algorithms behind the stock market and hedge funds, gambling on numbers and patterns. The WMDs behind the financial instruments behind mortgage banks and mortgage companies, the extremely high interest rates of subprime loans and foreclosures labeled with AAA ratings. The chapter continues, to discuss the global scale of the risk models and American desperation. As new regulations emerged. Cathy O’Neil talks about the effort behind fixing and or combating WMDs and the comparisons between big data industries, data science, and finance. As chapter two winds down, Cathy O’Neil discusses how data manipulates people basically manipulating people into conformity and commodifying their existence. The “journey to disillusionment” is interesting quote from chapter two. Another interesting section in Chapter two is Cathy O’Neil’s Occupy movement and blogging experiences, where she discusses the credit crisis, “a growing dystopia” and rising inequality. Chapter three addresses the WMDs behind college rankings and the loan debt but there’s an interesting connection between the occupy movement, chapter three, and the current democratic presidential candidates plans if they are elected and their so-called radical aim off the backs of occupy protesters to supposedly reduce cost of college one day.  As socialism is ever so effortlessly merged with communism in these recent discussions around the 2020 presidential candidates, it is important to remember the occupy protesters and what they were fighting for, fast forward politicians are trying to tap into the same occupy movement energy, as if the allure has some sort of mystic but it is the rebellious nature that 2020 democratic presidential candidates and their campaigns will be tested on and if they can dare to really challenge the system or other hypocrisies, if they are really ready to be the voice of change as they struggle to answer simple town hall questions and debate questions about reparations for African Americans.