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jesabesblog '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
This book thought itself more edgy and cool than it actually was. "Watch me throw in porn search terms. Bet you didn't expect THAT in your economics book!" Well, no, other than the fact I heard the author promoting the book on 6 different podcasts, I wasn't expecting it. But he kind of sounded like an 8-year-old who's just learned the F word.
Also, I was kind of annoyed off the bat, in Chapter 1, where he says his Grandma is "big data" because she has so many years of experience to draw on. Isn't the ENTIRE POINT of your book that humans are really bad at interpreting data? You need anonymous information! Unbiased computers to interpret it! It was a really dumb analogy, which didn't even fit the narrative of his own book.
OK, *deep breath*, I have one more rant in me about how the audiobook reader mispronounced "doppelganger" but I'll spare you. Overall, I liked the book! Really! It might not be strictly necessary to read it if you've already heard the guy on nearly every interview-style podcast to which you're subscribed, but it wasn't a waste of time.
Also, I was kind of annoyed off the bat, in Chapter 1, where he says his Grandma is "big data" because she has so many years of experience to draw on. Isn't the ENTIRE POINT of your book that humans are really bad at interpreting data? You need anonymous information! Unbiased computers to interpret it! It was a really dumb analogy, which didn't even fit the narrative of his own book.
OK, *deep breath*, I have one more rant in me about how the audiobook reader mispronounced "doppelganger" but I'll spare you. Overall, I liked the book! Really! It might not be strictly necessary to read it if you've already heard the guy on nearly every interview-style podcast to which you're subscribed, but it wasn't a waste of time.