tygaribay 's review for:

Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.0

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I really enjoyed the author's first book, "Everbody Lies", and I was looking forward to this sequel. The author continues down the path of finding unexpected or counterintuitive results from large data, but in this book, he ventures beyond the world of Google Search results and looks at many other sources of big data. The writing is clear and concise, with all of the relevant math well explained, and it is all presented with a mix of good humor that makes it all easy to read. The book is quite short, which is really the only disappointment. So, if you want to know what sports will be the best to help get a college scholarship, or what activities make people the happiest, or how much effect parents have on their children, check this book out.