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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
Steven Pinker, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
3.82 AVERAGE
662 reviews for:
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
Steven Pinker, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
3.82 AVERAGE
I first heard about this book while listening to an episode of the Freakonomics podcast. The premise sounded really interesting, especially as work with big data was becoming more and more popular.
Now reading the book in 2020 I initially was feeling mixed. The center of attention is on the U.S. for the most part and quite some time is spent on topics that don't seem too important. The book wants to convey a powerful message but the author is somehow afraid that people won't read his book if he keeps it too serious. Nevertheless, I was constantly highlighting interesting paragraphs and googling certain facts to learn more. The book succeeded in not only keeping my attention towards what's on the pages, but also made me curious to learn more. I think Everybody Lies provides a really good jumping off point for someone who is interested in big data and how it could potentially impact our world.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is curious to learn more about human behavior, or is looking for a jumping off point to learn why data analysis can be so interesting.
Now reading the book in 2020 I initially was feeling mixed. The center of attention is on the U.S. for the most part and quite some time is spent on topics that don't seem too important. The book wants to convey a powerful message but the author is somehow afraid that people won't read his book if he keeps it too serious. Nevertheless, I was constantly highlighting interesting paragraphs and googling certain facts to learn more. The book succeeded in not only keeping my attention towards what's on the pages, but also made me curious to learn more. I think Everybody Lies provides a really good jumping off point for someone who is interested in big data and how it could potentially impact our world.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is curious to learn more about human behavior, or is looking for a jumping off point to learn why data analysis can be so interesting.
Fun read with disparate fun facts using google’s ngram tool, not sure I walked away with much more than a couple surprises that I quickly forgot but it was well organized and written
This book had some interesting concepts, but I was annoyed at the tone of the author (pretentious? Trying too hard to be funny? Idk) I can’t fully recommend it, but I did learn some interesting tidbits throughout. Internet data is a topic with limited research just because it is so new, so I did appreciate learning about the author’s different findings. I feel very middle of the road about this book.
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I wanted to read this for a supplement to work, but a lot of this was about big data in a field I would not feel comfortable sharing with my coworkers, porn. I understand why they brought it up to make a point, but it was...a lot. Other good content topics, but I wished they talked more about those and less about porn.
Will definitely bum you out with how much humanity truly sucks, but the insights and methodology are fascinating. I love content that challenges my perceptions of the world with cold hard facts and this book gets the job done. I found myself constantly learning and uncomfortable in a good way. I only give it 4 stars because it occasionally dragged on by overemphasizing technical and mathematical content.
Overall an interesting and short book but I've probably spent too much time working on big data for any of it to seem groundbreaking. Good choice if you want a casual introduction to the benefits and pitfalls of using data to figure out what people really want.
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What an interesting book! I have read quite a few popular books on specialists in a wide range of career fields and I have found I love stepping into another persons world for a few days. This one was especially interesting to me because it’s my career field. It says it’s about data science but I would say it’s more about a subfield of big data called Big Psych. This was the most interesting intersection between psychology and data science. My one complaint is that I didn’t appreciate the authors strong unveiled political biases.
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reflective
slow-paced