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eitakbackwards 's review for:
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us about Who We Really Are
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
4.4
Excellent read. It appears this may be the welcome bolster that human sciences need - data, specifically- data that largely subverts social desirability bias based on the premise that we lie to everyone except, perhaps, our internet explorers.
There’s all sorts of wild data in this book and it’s quite fascinating to apply the principals of data analysis to qualitative questions. Although, as @cups has been exploring, there must be consideration for the implicit biases built into analytical systems and I think that could be relevant here. Also, mentioned are the ethical implications that might arise from implementations based on this kind of data mining.
I was reminded of ‘Invisible Women’ whilst reading- these analysis approaches will no doubt be welcome in the context of plugging long neglected data gaps.
Super interesting all round but weak ending imo. Unsure if purposeful following mention of few bothering economics books to the end but, even so, it was weak. Some ppl are saying it’s too like Freakonomics. Not read that and THUS can’t comment.
Excellent read. It appears this may be the welcome bolster that human sciences need - data, specifically- data that largely subverts social desirability bias based on the premise that we lie to everyone except, perhaps, our internet explorers.
There’s all sorts of wild data in this book and it’s quite fascinating to apply the principals of data analysis to qualitative questions. Although, as @cups has been exploring, there must be consideration for the implicit biases built into analytical systems and I think that could be relevant here. Also, mentioned are the ethical implications that might arise from implementations based on this kind of data mining.
I was reminded of ‘Invisible Women’ whilst reading- these analysis approaches will no doubt be welcome in the context of plugging long neglected data gaps.
Super interesting all round but weak ending imo. Unsure if purposeful following mention of few bothering economics books to the end but, even so, it was weak. Some ppl are saying it’s too like Freakonomics. Not read that and THUS can’t comment.