A review by krismoon
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us about Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.0

I really enjoyed the data and correlations in this book and found them fascinating. I wish the author would’ve trusted the reader a bit more in this regard, however. It seems that he didn’t trust that we’d find the data compelling enough, so he inserted himself into the narrative over and over. I found some of these insertations funny and I’d probably enjoy having a beer with the guy, but the thing is the data was compelling enough. I think if someone’s going to pick up a book about big data and google searches, you can rest assured they’re nerdy enough to be enthralled by the contents alone.