Book · 2017 · Computers
Everybody Lies
Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
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I remember uh Seth Stevens Dvidowitz did that great book, Everybody Lies, where he realized that people would ask Google things that they hadn't admitted to a therapist.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Aug 2025 Listen at 1:03:38 What they say about it
- Discussing Google search data“you tell Google things”3
- Mentioning author background“ex data scientist at Google”2
The best things said about it
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, ex data scientist at Google, wrote a very famous book called Everybody Lies.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Mar 2026 His argument was basically you tell Google things that you don't tell yourself or your journal or your partner.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jan 2024 He has this lovely example which is you know what people write about their partner on Facebook as opposed to what they type into Google about their partner.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Nov 2021 The book you've written is called Everybody Lies, Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · May 2017 Steven Davidowitz's book is stuffed with examples of the behaviors that, according to him, everybody lies about, especially on traditional surveys. So we recruited some Freakonomics Radio listeners, promised them anonymity and asked them some typical survey questions.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · May 2017 Where and when it comes up
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Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven exploration of human behavior that reveals what people actually think, feel, and desire by analyzing anonymous internet search queries and big data. Chris Williamson frequently referenced the book across numerous episodes of Modern Wisdom, noting how the former Google data scientist demonstrated that individuals routinely confess things to search engines that they would never admit to therapists, partners, or even themselves. Williamson utilized these insights to introduce discussions regarding porn consumption trends, search patterns in India, internet relationship predictors, and hidden cultural anxieties. Speakers and hosts frequently returned to the core premise of the book—that people lie in surveys and public settings but tell the truth through digital footprints—to examine the stark gap between public virtue signaling and private reality. Through these repeated mentions on popular interview platforms, the text established a reputation as a modern classic for understanding the hidden psychological currents of contemporary society through the objective lens of aggregate internet data.
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Chris Williamson have you looked at Seth Stevens davidowitz's work on this he did uh everybody lies so he's a data scientist 12
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“Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, ex data scientist at Google, wrote a very famous book called Everybody Lies.”
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“He wrote first book was Everybody Lies. Um and then his next one was Don't Trust Your Gut.”
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“I remember uh Seth Stevens Dvidowitz did that great book, Everybody Lies, where he realized that people would ask Google things that they hadn't admitted to a therapist”
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“Who was the dude that did Don't Trust Your Gut and Everybody Lies? Seth Stevens Devidowitz. Choosing like all the [ __ ] triplebarrel Jewish names that I can think of. Uh Seth Stevens Devidowitz, uh Don't Trust Your Gut, wonderful book.”
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“did you ever read everybody Lies by Seth Ste that's a great book”
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“did you read Seth Stevens dz's book everybody lies”
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“so this is from uh Seth Steven dz's book um uh everybody lies and he his argument was basically you tell Google things that you don't tell yourself or your journal or your partner”
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“I had a Seth Stevens dividowitz on the show who wrote everybody lies and don't trust your gut”
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“have you looked at Seth Stevens davidowitz's work on this he did uh everybody lies so he's a data scientist”
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“and that book everybody lies there was a lot of stuff in that wasn't it because it has he has this lovely example um which is you know what people write about their partner on facebook as opposed to what they type into google about their partner”
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“so you wrote book codes everybody lies New York Times bestseller”
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“then why why was the book everybody”
Stephen Dubner So, the book you've written is called Everybody Lies, Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us… 4
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“So, the book you've written is called Everybody Lies, Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are. I understand that's not the title you were wanting.”
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“You say you're compulsively honest. The title of your book is Everybody Lies. So plainly, you're drawing yourself as an outlier.”
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“You write in the book, you write in the book, the microscope showed us there's more to a drop of pond water than we think we see. The telescope showed us there's more to the night sky than we think we see.”
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“Steven Davidowitz's book is stuffed with examples of the behaviors that, according to him, everybody lies about, especially on traditional surveys. So we recruited some Freakonomics Radio listeners, promised them anonymity and asked them some typical survey questions.”
Tim Harford I enjoyed the his first one which was what everybody lies yes I got I got more out of everybody lives 1
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“I enjoyed the his first one which was what everybody lies yes I got I got more out of everybody lives”
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“I enjoyed the his first one which was what everybody lies”
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“I remember when you first reached out to me to talk about my first book, Everybody Lies, and I I think I looked you up and you're like a two-bit podcaster.”
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“I actually in my first book, Everybody Lies, I talk a lot about that and the difference between like so- social media and real life”
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“Like Everybody Lies, my first book, and now they're going to give me kind of the benefit of the doubt in Don't Trust Your Gut.”
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“Seth parlayed his Harvard PhD thesis which analyzed data on Google searches into a data scientist job at Google and a best-selling book entitled everybody lies”
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“and actually everybody lies which is about people lying the final chapter in my book was titled how many people finished books”
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“he he did write a book that for which i wrote a forward called everybody lies”
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“I wrote everybody lies I'm trying to write”
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“and I analyze in everybody lies about the whole section where I analyze just porn up what people actually want”
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“That's our show for today. Thanks for listening. Again, Seth Stevens-Davidowitz's book is called Everybody Lies.”