Don't Trust Your Gut

Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
05 October 2022

Data analysis: general; Sociology; Popular psychology

THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY LIES

'Don’t Trust Your Gut is a tour de force — an intoxicating blend of analysis, humor, and humanity' DANIEL H. PINK

'Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is an expert on data-driven thinking, and this engaging book is full of surprising, useful insights for using the information at your fingertips to make better decisions' ADAM GRANT

Big decisions are hard. We might consult friends and family, read advice online or turn to self-help books for guidance, but in the end 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.

By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781526605115
ISBN 10: 1526605112
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 05 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better 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