A review by adnielsen
Dataclysm: Who We Are by Christian Rudder

4.0

Dataclasm is an interesting read primarily based on statistical analysis of OK Cupid and Twitter data. There were a few throw away sections and other sections haven’t aged super well. The interesting chapters were very interesting. It turns out that Belle and Sebastian is very unlikely to be mentioned in black women’s dating profiles which is an interesting quirk. The author also explores how social media companies are fairly accurately predict their users’ sexual preference. Overall, half of the book is fascinating and the other half can be skimmed over.