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Seth Isaac Stephens-Davidowitz (born September 15, 1982)[1] is an American data scientist, economist, and author. He is a New York Times op-ed contributor and a former data scientist at Google.[2] He has published research using Google Trends search data, as well as data from Wikipedia and Facebook, to gain real-time insights into people's thoughts and beliefs that they may be unwilling to admit publicly.[3][4][5] His book Everybody Lies was published by HarperCollins in 2017. The book subsequently became a New York Times bestseller, and was named a book of the year by both PBS NewsHour and the Economist.[6]

Biography

Stephens-Davidowitz was born on September 15, 1982 in Englewood, New Jersey,[1] to Esther Davidowitz and Mitchell Stephens.[7] He grew up in Alpine, New Jersey, and attended Tenafly High School in Tenafly, graduating in 1999.[8] He went on to earn his B.A. from Stanford University before enrolling at Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. in economics in 2013.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Harvard University Department of Economics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ Shermer, Michael (1 June 2018). "Web Searches Reveal (in Aggregate) What We're Really Thinking". Scientific American. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ Illing, Sean (13 June 2017). "Persuasive proof that America is full of racist and selfish people". Vox. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ^ Stein, Joel (15 June 2017). "That Time an Algorithm Whisperer Took Me to the Heart of Darkness". Time. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ^ Ell, Kellie (24 April 2018). "Users don't seem to mind Google has more data than Facebook". CNBC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Seth Stephens-Davidowitz". Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b Stephens-Davidowitz, Seth (2013). Essays Using Google Data (Ph.D.). Harvard University. p. viii. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. ^ Palmer, Joanne (15 February 2018). "Big data is watching you". Jewish Standard. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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