Seth Stephens Davidowitz Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Daten schlagen Intuition Entscheidungen treffen ist nicht immer leicht. Im Zweifel entscheiden viele dabei nach Bauchgefühl. Was sich gut anfühlt, wird schließlich auch gut sein, oder? Doch unsere Intuition ist weit weniger zuverlässig, als wir glauben, wie Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in seinem Buch unterhaltsam belegt. Der frühere Google-Datenwissenschaftler und Bestsellerautor zeigt auf Basis der neuesten Big-Data-Forschung und anhand von vielen lustigen Anekdoten, wie leicht wir oft falschliegen, wenn es darum geht, instinktiv die richtige Wahl zu treffen. Von überraschenden Erfolgsstrategien beim Dating bis hin zu außergewöhnlichen Karriereboostern – sein Buch ist voll von verblüffenden Erkenntnissen darüber, was uns Daten, auch über uns selbst, verraten, und wie sie unser Leben zuverlässig einfacher machen.

You know less than you think you do - about what makes you healthy, what makes you rich, who you should date, where you should live. You know less than you think you do about how to raise your children, or, for that matter, whether you should have children in the first place. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz showed how big data is revolutionising the social sciences. He shows how big data can help us find answers to some of the most important questions we face - and how these answers can radically improve our lives.

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 actually read the books they buy? In this work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys -- and themselves. However, we no longer need to rely on what people tell us. New data from the internet -- the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social media, dating, and even pornography sites -- finally reveals the truth. By analyzing this digital goldmine, we can now learn what people really think, what they really want, and what they really do. Sometimes the new data will make you laugh out loud. Sometimes the new data will shock you. Sometimes the new data will deeply disturb you. But, always, this new data will make you think"--Publisher's description