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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
by Steven Pinker, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
2020 EXHORTATION Wednesday, 29 July 2020, the four horse-manuremen of the datapocalypse will testify before Congress about their insane, untrammeled greed and its deleterious effect on Society. (I am presupposing the end result of the hearing here because I am under no obligation to hide my own opinion of these nauseating monopolists.)
2019 EXHORTATION We're entering the 2020 election cycle for real at this moment. Please, all US citizens, PLEASE read books! Especially books about data, how it's acquired and analyzed, how it's massaged and manipulated—the more you know about the topic, the harder it will be for agenda-having politicians to lie to you with numbers.
I have nothing unique to add to the conversation about this book. I think those most in need of reading it won't, and that's frustrating.
If you've ever seen a number adduced to explain a trend, read this book. If you've ever asserted that a certain percentage of something was something/something else, read this book. If you've ever seen a politician quote a study and your innate bullshit filter clogged up, read this book.
Really simple, high-level terms: READ. THIS. BOOK.
2019 EXHORTATION We're entering the 2020 election cycle for real at this moment. Please, all US citizens, PLEASE read books! Especially books about data, how it's acquired and analyzed, how it's massaged and manipulated—the more you know about the topic, the harder it will be for agenda-having politicians to lie to you with numbers.
I have nothing unique to add to the conversation about this book. I think those most in need of reading it won't, and that's frustrating.
If you've ever seen a number adduced to explain a trend, read this book. If you've ever asserted that a certain percentage of something was something/something else, read this book. If you've ever seen a politician quote a study and your innate bullshit filter clogged up, read this book.
Really simple, high-level terms: READ. THIS. BOOK.