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Insightful, surprising and with groundbreaking revelations about our society, Everybody Lies exposes the secrets embedded in our Internet searches, with a foreword by best-selling author Steven Pinker. Everybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters - and to themselves. In Internet searches, however, people confess their secrets - about sexless marriages, mental health problems, even racist views.

By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information - unprecedented in history - can tell us a great deal about who we are - the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than 20 years ago seemed unfathomable.

Since Stephen Porges first proposed the Polyvagal Theory in 1994, its basic idea-that the level of safety we feel impacts our health and happiness-has radically shifted how researchers and clinicians approach trauma interventions and therapeutic interactions. Yet despite its wide acceptance, most of the writing on the topic has been obscured behind clinical texts and scientific jargon.

Big decisions are hard. We consult friends and family, make sense of confusing “expert” advice online, maybe we read a self-help book to guide us. In the end, we usually just do what feels right, pursuing high stakes self-improvement—such as who we marry, how to date, where to live, what makes us happy—based solely on what our gut instinct tells us. But what if our gut is wrong? Biased, unpredictable, and misinformed, our gut, it turns out, is not all that reliable. And data can prove this.

En un día promedio de principios del siglo xxi, los seres humanos que buscan en Internet acumulan ocho billones de gigabytes de datos. Esta asombrosa cantidad de información puede decirnos mucho sobre quiénes somos, los miedos, deseos y comportamientos que nos impulsan y las decisiones conscientes e inconscientes que tomamos. De lo profundo a lo mundano, podemos obtener un asombroso conocimiento sobre la psique humana que hace menos de veinte años parecía insondable.

When it comes to making big decisions, we might consult friends and family, read advice online or turn to self-help books for guidance. In the end, though, 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.

Seth and Laz tackle random polarizing news sweeping the globe. With Lucas on the research computer and a random guest appearing each week, they pick up the stories the masses can't put down. Join BWSS for an in depth look at the issues commanding the headlines, and some swept under the rug.

Bible scholar Dr. Ben Witherington often says that we live in a “biblically illiterate, Jesus haunted culture.” Though we have retained some vague notions about Jesus and Christianity, the decline of biblical literacy along with education in general and critical thinking in particular has made us easy prey for the constant barrage of false ideas that press in on us from every angle. This is true even for many of us in the Church—we have succumbed to the spirit of the age being more influenced by Hollywood and social media than by Scripture, reason, and common sense. We often find ...

Warum man auf Basis von Daten meist bessere Entscheidungen für sein Leben fällt und unser Gefühl oft trügt. Entscheidungen treffen ist nicht immer leicht. Viele konsultieren Freunde und Familie, suchen im Internet nach Rat oder vertiefen sich in Selbsthilfe-Literatur. Die meisten entscheiden dann aber doch nach Bauchgefühl. Was sich gut anfühlt, wird schließlich auch gut sein, oder? Doch unsere Intuition und unsere gefühlten Wahrheiten sind weit weniger zuverlässig, als man glauben mag, weiß Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.

Welcome to your home for all things sports covered in the most entertaining way possible. This is a show where your everyday basketball and football enthusiasts, Seth, Stephen, Nate, and Chris cover a variety of topics, all for your amusement. Ranging from hot takes to in-show challenges/games to fantasy updates they have you covered! Let the Play Develop is a Small World Media Production.