Seth Stephens-davidowitz

At-a-Glance

Data scientist at Google
Author of 'Everybody Lies' (2017), a New York Times bestseller
Author of 'Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life' (2022)
Published research using Google Trends, Wikipedia, and Facebook data to gain insights into human thoughts and beliefs
Holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University
Former visiting lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
New York Times op-ed contributor

Biography

Seth Isaac Stephens-Davidowitz is an American data scientist, economist, and author. He works as a data scientist at Google and has served as a visiting lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research utilizes digital data from sources like Google Trends, Wikipedia, and Facebook to gain real-time insights into people's thoughts and beliefs.

He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2013, following a B.

A. in philosophy from Stanford University.