YOUR KINDLE NOTES FOR: Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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On an average day in the early part of the twenty-first century, human beings generate 2.5 million trillion bytes of data.
some information
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A woman is on a vacation with her six best female friends. All her friends keep saying how much fun they’re having. She sneaks off to Google “loneliness when away from husband.”
not enough fun
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He thus assigns an assistant to sit near the finish line and weed out the wheezers.
let's weed out the weezers
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But when hurricanes hit, people turn to strawberry Pop-Tarts apparently.
just what you expect
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People will admit more if they are alone than if others are in the room with them.
good - there's nobody around
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Americans, for instance, search for “porn” more than they search for “weather.”
sex is more important
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On a given day in some schools in rural India, more than 40 percent of teachers are absent.
not good
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Their stunning results were made clear by the title they gave the paper: “Elite Illusion.”
Illusions everywhere
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Generally, if someone tells you he will pay you back, he will not pay you back.
really ?
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The more assertive the promise, the more likely he will break it.
I really really will