Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's 2017 book arguing that Google search data reveals what people actually think — as opposed to what they tell pollsters — uncovering hidden truths about racism, sexuality, anxiety, and social behavior.
Demonstrates through search data analysis that the gap between stated and revealed preferences is enormous — that self-reported survey data systematically misses the most important aspects of human psychology — and that digital trace data can correct this.
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