Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are /

Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are / Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.

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How much sex are people really having? How many Americans are actually racist? Is America experiencing a hidden back-alley abortion crisis? Can you game the stock market? Does violent entertainment increase the rate of violent crime? Do parents treat sons differently from daughters? How many people...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens-Davidowitz, Seth (Author)
Other Authors: Pinker, Steven, 1954- (writer of foreword.)
Other title:Big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Data mining > Social aspects.
Big data > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The outlines of a revolution
  • Your faulty gut
  • Was Freud right?
  • Data reimagined
  • Digital truth serum
  • Zooming in
  • All the world's a lab
  • Big data, big schmata? What it cannot do
  • Mo data, mo problems? What we shouldn't do
  • Conclusion: How many people finish books?

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