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1. 1. Everybody Lies

   Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

   

   In this insightful exploration of the digital age, the author delves into the vast troves of data generated by our online activities to uncover hidden truths about human behavior. By analyzing search engine queries, social media interactions, and other digital footprints, the book reveals how people often conceal their true thoughts and desires in public but express them freely online. This groundbreaking work challenges traditional methods of understanding human nature and highlights the power of big data to reveal the complexities of our private lives, offering a fresh perspective on the modern world.

2. 2. Don't Trust Your Gut

   Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life

   

   A concise, data-driven guide to making smarter life decisions, it replaces intuition with evidence from large datasets to uncover what truly predicts happiness, relationship success, career achievement, and health. Drawing on surprising findings and clear examples, it offers practical, quantifiable strategies for choosing partners, jobs, habits, and goals, while warning against common cognitive biases and emphasizing experiments, measurement, and the limits of what numbers can tell us.

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