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248 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Everybody is Lying about their Sexual Preferences, Racism, and Sexism

September 25, 2017 21:06 30.36 MB Downloads: 0

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz has used data from the internet -- particularly Google searches -- to get new insights into the human psyche.  

Seth has used Google searches to measure racism, self-induced abortion, depression, child abuse, hateful mobs, the science of humor, sexual preference, anxiety, son preference, and sexual insecurity, among many other topics.  

His book, Everybody Lies, describes his research and argues for social scientists to make greater use of internet data. It was a New York Times bestseller and received widespread media attention.

 

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Seth’s Challenge; Read a book per week for the next year.

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