Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are

The Resource Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are

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Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are

Title remainder

big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are

Statement of responsibility

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Language

eng

Summary

How much sex are people really having? How many Americans are actually racist? Is America experiencing a hidden back-alley abortion crisis? Can you game the stock market? Does violent entertainment increase the rate of violent crime? Do parents treat sons differently from daughters? How many people actually read the books they buy? In this work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys -- and themselves. However, we no longer need to rely on what people tell us. New data from the internet -- the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social media, dating, and even pornography sites -- finally reveals the truth. By analyzing this digital goldmine, we can now learn what people really think, what they really want, and what they really do. Sometimes the new data will make you laugh out loud. Sometimes the new data will shock you. Sometimes the new data will deeply disturb you. But, always, this new data will make you think.--

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Source other than Library of Congress

Cataloging source

TLC

Credits note

Foreword written by Steven Pinker

Dewey number

302.23/1
006.3/12

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

QA76.9.D343

LC item number

S68515 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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