Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2017-05-11
Books mentioned on 286. How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
On the Internet, people say all kinds of things they'd never say aloud -- about sex and race, about their true wants and fears. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz has spent years parsing the data.
Stephen Dubner discussed Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Everybody Lies
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.
Discussed“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.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Everybody Lies
“That's our show for today. Thanks for listening. Again, Seth Stevens-Davidowitz's book is called Everybody Lies.”
