Don't Trust Your Gut

Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices

Don't Trust Your Gut
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 320pg
9 Jun 2022 UK
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9781526605108
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When it comes to making big decisions, we might consult friends and family, read advice online or turn to self-help books for guidance. In the end, though, we usually just do what feels right. But what if our gut is wrong? As economist and former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz argues, our gut is actually not that reliable - and data can prove this. In Don' t Trust Your Gut, he unearths the startling conclusions that the right data can teach us about who we are and what will make our lives better. Over the past decade, scholars have mined enormous datasets to find remarkable new approaches to life' s biggest self-help puzzles, from the boring careers that produce the most wealth, to old-school, data-backed relationship advice. While we often think we know how to better ourselves, the numbers, it turns out, disagree. Telling fascinating stories through the latest big data research, Stephens-Davidowitz reveals just how wrong we really are when it comes to improving our lives, and offers a new way of tackling our most consequential choices.
A whirlwind tour of the modern human psyche -- Praise for ' Everybody Lies' * Economist * Time and again my preconceptions about my country and my species were turned upside-down by Stephens-Davidowitz' s discoveries . . . Endlessly fascinating -- Praise for ' Everybody Lies' , Steven Pinker
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a New York Times op-ed contributor, a visiting lecturer at the Wharton School and a former Google data scientist. He received a BA in philosophy from Stanford and a PhD in economics from Harvard. His research - which uses new, big data sources to uncover hidden behaviours and attitudes - has appeared in the Journal of Public Economics and other prestigious publications. He lives in New York City.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526605108
Published: 9 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 320

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