Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-05-16
Chris Williamson & Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #474
How To Live The Perfect Life, Using Data - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - #474
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist, economist and author. Imagine if you had access to millions of data points which tell you exactly what makes people happy, or makes people attracted to you, or what actually influences your child's outcomes in life, or the most reliable way to become rich.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz recommended Dataclysm by Christian Rudder, and discussed Vanished Smile by R.A. Scotti. Chris Williamson recommended Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, and discussed Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dataclysm
Recommended“People may have heard of it, but I if you haven't, you need to know it. Uh Christian Rudder wrote this excellent book Dataclysm”
Where to get it
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Vanished Smile
Discussed“Oh yeah, that the Mona Lisa I didn't realize this, I read a book Vanished Smile, that the Mona Lisa was just an ordinary painting”
Where to get it
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Discussed“I don't know if you saw the book if you read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Yeah, by Robert Kiyosaki.”
Where to get it
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Recommended“I'll definitely buy Don't Trust Your Gut and then my website is sethsd.com.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Don't Trust Your Gut
“And like, everybody who's read my book so far, which I'm just going to say that You're supposed to say the name a lot, Don't Trust Your Gut, so people will remember it.”
Plugged Don't Trust Your Gut
“Mean, anybody read Don't Trust Your Gut would be like, this guy's pretty nerdy, like uh there's this one study where they list the happy”
Plugged Don't Trust Your Gut
“in one of my And that's what I recommend people get as an iPhone case or hang it on your wall or whatever.”
Plugged Everybody Lies
“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”
Plugged Don't Trust Your Gut
“And you see the happiness activity chart that that I include in Don't Trust Your Gut.”
Plugged Everybody Lies
“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.”
Plugged Don't Trust Your Gut
“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.”