Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

They analyzed all the data of basically everybody rich in the United States of America, and they concluded that the typical rich American is the owner of a regional business such as an auto dealership or beverage distribution company. That kind of shocked me for multiple reasons.

They analyzed all the data of basically everybody rich in the United States of America, and they concluded that the typical rich American is the owner of a regional business such as an auto dealership or beverage distribution company. That kind of shocked me for multiple reasons.

They analyzed all the data of basically everybody rich in the United States of America, and they concluded that the typical rich American is the owner of a regional business such as an auto dealership or beverage distribution company. That kind of shocked me for multiple reasons.

Hi, Michael Carruthers. Thank you for having me.

Hi, Michael Carruthers. Thank you for having me.

Hi, Michael Carruthers. Thank you for having me.

But one of the motivations was that I'm a huge baseball fan and any baseball fan knows the story of baseball the last 25, 30 years, which is the explosion of analytics and data analysis to make decisions. So baseball has just totally been transformed by data analytics and

But one of the motivations was that I'm a huge baseball fan and any baseball fan knows the story of baseball the last 25, 30 years, which is the explosion of analytics and data analysis to make decisions. So baseball has just totally been transformed by data analytics and

But one of the motivations was that I'm a huge baseball fan and any baseball fan knows the story of baseball the last 25, 30 years, which is the explosion of analytics and data analysis to make decisions. So baseball has just totally been transformed by data analytics and

and i'm a data scientist so i've worked at google as a data scientist you know every decision is based on data but it kind of occurred to me that certainly in my personal life uh like i don't really make decisions based on much data i kind of just like do what i think seems about right trust my gut basically and it occurred to me that you know maybe it'll be interesting to explore some of these bigger areas of life so you know

and i'm a data scientist so i've worked at google as a data scientist you know every decision is based on data but it kind of occurred to me that certainly in my personal life uh like i don't really make decisions based on much data i kind of just like do what i think seems about right trust my gut basically and it occurred to me that you know maybe it'll be interesting to explore some of these bigger areas of life so you know

and i'm a data scientist so i've worked at google as a data scientist you know every decision is based on data but it kind of occurred to me that certainly in my personal life uh like i don't really make decisions based on much data i kind of just like do what i think seems about right trust my gut basically and it occurred to me that you know maybe it'll be interesting to explore some of these bigger areas of life so you know

dating, picking a romantic partner, career success, happiness, parenting. What would data tell you about these topics? Kind of a money ball for your life approach to the biggest questions that we face. And also, I knew because I'm kind of in the field of data analytics that there's been an explosion of really credible research in these big areas.

dating, picking a romantic partner, career success, happiness, parenting. What would data tell you about these topics? Kind of a money ball for your life approach to the biggest questions that we face. And also, I knew because I'm kind of in the field of data analytics that there's been an explosion of really credible research in these big areas.

dating, picking a romantic partner, career success, happiness, parenting. What would data tell you about these topics? Kind of a money ball for your life approach to the biggest questions that we face. And also, I knew because I'm kind of in the field of data analytics that there's been an explosion of really credible research in these big areas.

I pretty strongly believe data is a better way.

I pretty strongly believe data is a better way.

I pretty strongly believe data is a better way.

I kind of came into that with that idea because it's been proven in like every area it's been tested. They've tested judges if they have to decide whether someone on trial is going to commit another crime or should they or is it safe to let him be out, that algorithms are better than judges at doing that.

I kind of came into that with that idea because it's been proven in like every area it's been tested. They've tested judges if they have to decide whether someone on trial is going to commit another crime or should they or is it safe to let him be out, that algorithms are better than judges at doing that.