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Fun book to read about the growing field of mega data and what we can learn from it. Much of the book was based upon google search information as it reveals the secret thoughts of everyone. We Google what we don‘t know or what we‘re struggling with. I see the author has a newer book that I am interested in too.

I've just started on this one, and it's a really fascinating and intuitively “right“-feeling idea: Google searches tell us things that people never will, even with careful polling. I'm enjoying it so far.

I'm also doing well with #BookSpinBingo; honestly considering aiming for a blackout. I've read 20 books so far this year, not all of which are counted here (I excluded short books).

How Internet searches show what people are really thinking and what combinations of massive amounts of data can reveal.

Fascinating. Some of the results are counter-intuitive: 👇

#coffeeandabook #mycover

Nonfiction palate cleanser. Really interesting look at big data, how the internet is a wealth of information for those who want to study human behavior and trends. Some definitely creepy info about how companies (like Google and FB) run experiments to see what we like better all the time without our knowledge. And contains a great discussion of morality in data collection, as well as an easily understood explanation of correlation vs causation

Such an interesting idea!

🎧 Let‘s get this out of the way, chapter 4 is devoted to SEX 🤪 Super nerd breaks it down.

This book was shocking yet fascinating .. occasionally cringe-worthy .. reading this book felt like rubber-necking past an accident.

A book about Google searches, Facebook algorithms & other digital avenues that provide mountains of data (big data) that when analyzed produce some of the scariest logical deductions.

The book repeats. A lot. Still ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent, witty, enlightening on how relevant data science is and its tremendous importance in the near future

What a fascinating (and a bit scary) book! Seth is a big data nerd. Now, I am too.

He shows how companies and individuals use big data like google searches, porn hub searches, and Facebook likes to determine things about GROUPS of people. Everything from why people like a certain baseball team to how FB likes correlate to IQ. He explained how a data nerd was able to pick American Pharoah to win the triple crown as a yearling. 5🧠 #audiobook

“I have come to believe that the new data increasingly available in our digital age will radically expand our understanding of humankind. The microscope showed us there is more to a drop of pond water than we think we see. The telescope showed us there is more to the night sky than we think we see. And new, digital data now shows us there is more to human society than we think we see.“

If you are in the marketing area, this is an absolutely interesting book. Funny facts, disturbing facts, all proved by big data extracted from the internet.

AN AMAZING READ! So good, I‘ve sat and ploughed through it in an afternoon and evening. It‘s both awesome and frightening in equal measure how Google search data can be used to predict and alter behaviour. I‘ve already recommended this to several people who I think will really enjoy it. I think most people with an interest in why people behave as they do would enjoy it too.

Areas that supported Trump in the largest numbers were those that made the most Google searches for “n*****.”

Wow. This says a lot. It makes me sad.

On Obama‘s first election night, when most of the commentary focused on praise of Obama and acknowledgement of the historic nature of his election, roughly one in every hundred Google searches that included the word “Obama” also included “kkk” or “n******.”

I‘ve only read 3% of this book, but what I‘ve read so far is mind-blowing. Absolutely chilling.

Very enlightening. I was quite shocked by some of the statistics in this book and what it means about the people who are living in this world. A good, yet somewhat scary, read.

Fascinating so far.

This was a really good book. I felt like I learned so much - and it was hilarious in parts. #nonfiction #audiobook

Data science is cool. I would never know what questions to ask, but it sure is interesting to read about!

Still working on Everybody Lies, came across this beautiful Black Friday ad!

I'm terrible at figuring out stuff like this, but I love reading about it! #datascience

This was so interesting to me. 🤯 Just to put into research what we do online and the results it shows were so fascinating. A lot of it was predictable and disheartening. Some of the text was repetitive but over all I learned some things and was entertained with the style of writing.

An interesting, if not sometimes overwhelming, study of how big data affects our lives, how businesses, schools, insurance companies and corporations are using data analysis to understand people better. The author makes some good points, but for some reason feels the need to drive them in over and over again.

Good read

"Big Data allows us to finally see what people really want and really do, not what they say they want and say they do. Proving honest data is the second power of Big Data."

He will be presenting at our conference tonight, and later, signing this book. I surely don't agree with a lot he wrote, nor do a number of my fellow faculty scholars. It should be an interesting evening and discussion.

I‘m finding this book about as deep and engaging as a cocktail party chat. He tosses out interesting research results, then utterly fails to analyze them with any sort of intellectual rigor, preferring a sort of “gee, who knew?” reaction. He routinely conflates his ill-informed preconceptions with “the conventional wisdom,” as in the above excerpt where he admits to thinking white nationalists “inhabit a different universe from my friends and me.”

Enlightening book about data but unfortunately confirmed my theory that we are most racist than what we say we are😞. Quick, engaging book and it definitely had more porn data than I have ever read. I really enjoyed the book but it had quite a few very disturbing facts.

An interesting take on just how informative big data is and the fallacies of reliance on surveys and polling.

A little bit of music and whiskey with my book-enabling husband tonite in honor of #riotgrams#booksandbeverages. Nirvana on vinyl playing through the speakers and good discussion, as always! ❤

We loved the book Everybody Lies not only for the fascinating data revelations but how frequently we refer to it as we find new examples. What's a book you and your significant other have read together and discussed?

In June, I will have the privilege of meeting the author when he comes to the PTK Honors Institute at Villanova. He's going to sign our books then, and answer all of our questions. This is going to be fun!

This tagged book has been my favorite so far. It was published last April but I waited for my library to order it...it was so good. Fascinating facts and the author was so likable. #thewallsareclosingin

Current read. OMG soooo good so far. And a bookmark from the bookmark swap. Then i just had to throw in my 🦊 for the fun of it. My college mascot was the red fox so I have quite the collection of fox things.

I listen to/read a lot of these psychology-type books, but this one is exceptional! It's really well researched and full of super fascinating facts. Warning: A fair amount of the content comes from research based on racist Google searches or on porn website searches. Definitely don't listen with your grandma or your kids. #audiobooks

January goals!

Statistic after statistic after statistic. 😯

Next audiobook TBH (to be heard)

I'm really enjoying this so far!