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.
