Book · 2011 · Psychology
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships
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I read this book called Billion Wicked Thoughts that Google engineers had put together by analyzing patterns of pornography use among men and women and it's really quite a brilliant book.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jun 2022 Listen at 50:37 What they say about it
- Written by Google engineers“google engineers had put together”3
- Called a great book“a great book”2
The best things said about it
They wrote a great book called "A Billion Wicked Thoughts," which I really like, it's a very good book.
Jordan Peterson Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 2024 The Google Engineers mapped this when they were looking at pornography use online in a very good book called a billion Wicked thoughts.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Sep 2024 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.
Everyone, it is two neuroscientists.
Bryan Callen Timcast IRL · Nov 2025 There's a great book by the Google Engineers called a billion Wicked thoughts.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2024 Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam is a popular science book exploring human sexuality, desire, and psychology by analyzing massive datasets of online behavior and search patterns. The book received numerous high-profile recommendations across multiple platforms. On Timcast IRL, Bryan Callen recommended the book, noting that it was written by two neuroscientists. Jordan Peterson frequently discussed and recommended the text on both The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and the Lex Fridman Podcast, praising it as a brilliant work by former Google engineers that sheds light on psychological differences in pornography use between men and women. Callen also mentioned the book during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience to support a conversation about neuroscience. Robert Evans discussed the work on Behind the Bastards, touching upon Peterson's use of the book to analyze pornography preferences. Finally, Paul Bloom referenced related online behavioral research on Modern Wisdom, contributing to the broader cultural conversation surrounding data-driven studies of human desire.
Every mention
Jordan Peterson there's a great book by the Google Engineers called a billion Wicked thoughts do you know that book 4
“there's a great book by the Google Engineers called a billion Wicked thoughts do you know that book”
“They wrote a great book called "A Billion Wicked Thoughts," which I really like, it's a very good book.”
“so that while the standard character the Google Engineers mapped this when they were looking at pornography use online in a very good book called a billion Wicked thoughts the canonical hero of female pornography is vampire werewolf pirate billionaire surgeon”
“So So I read this book called Billion Wicked Thoughts that Google engineers had put together by analyzing patterns of pornography use among men and women and it's really quite a brilliant book”
Bryan Callen Have you read a billion wicked thoughts? No. Oh, dude, please. Everyone, it is two uh neuroscientists. 2
“Have you read a billion wicked thoughts? No. Oh, dude, please. Everyone, it is two uh neuroscientists.”
“Wicked thoughts they uh it's a really great book written by two neuroscientists oh you were telling me about that yeah”
Paul Bloom um yeah yes it's weird stuff um there's there's from his book there's another book called something like 10… 1
“um yeah yes it's weird stuff um there's there's from his book there's another book called something like 10 billion wicked thoughts and basically if you you know sex research into what people like the uses to ask people”
Robert Evans so there's a book called a billion Wicked thoughts that was written by Google Engineers who are quite relia… 1
“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”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“a billion Wicked lies a billion Wicked thoughts”