Why people recommend it
A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Ogi Ogas is a psychological non-fiction book written by two former Google engineers who analyzed massive amounts of internet data to understand human sexual desire and behavior. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson recommended the book to Laila Mickelwait when discussing sex differences in pornography consumption, calling it the best book he had ever read for investigating sex differences and praising the authors as very smart social scientists. Peterson emphasized the empirical rigor and unique methodology behind the research, which utilized anonymized online search data to uncover hidden truths about human psychology. Similarly, on Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed Jordan Peterson citing the book to analyze differences in pornography preferences, noting that the authors were Google engineers who functioned as quite reliable social scientists when they put their minds to it. Evans acknowledged the extensive data-driven foundation of the study while contextualizing Peterson's intellectual influences. Both podcast hosts highlighted the groundbreaking nature of using big data to decode human romantic and sexual psychology. Through these compelling discussions, the book gained recognition as a pioneering work that bridges computational data science with behavioral psychology, offering startling insights into how men and women navigate desire in the digital age.
Who recommended it
- Jordan B. Peterson Recommended
- Robert Evans Discussed
Jordan B. Peterson — 1 mention
“there's a great book by the Google Engineers called a billion Wicked thoughts do you know that book no I don't oh that's that's I think the best book I've ever read investigating the use of the sex difference for example in the use of pornography it's a very smart book”
Robert Evans — 1 mention
“so there's a book called a billion Wicked thoughts that was written by Google Engineers who are quite reliable social scientists when they put their minds to it”