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Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in LIfe 

bySeth Stephens-Davidowitz

Data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz argues that intuition and conventional advice often mislead people about happiness, dating, work, parenting, and success. Using large datasets from searches, surveys, sports, careers, and personal behavior, he tests popular assumptions against what outcomes actually show. The book translates statistical patterns into practical suggestions while acknowledging that averages cannot dictate every individual choice. Stephens-Davidowitz encourages readers to treat life decisions as questions that evidence can inform, replacing anecdotes and confident gurus with curiosity about base rates, hidden preferences, and experiments that reveal what genuinely works.

Publisher

Dey Street Books

Publication date

May 09, 2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9780062880925