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The book is subtitled what the internet can tell us about who we really are and its a polished display of. At the privacy of their keyboards, people confess the strangest. Book report everybody lies by seth stephensdavidowitz. Bk, stanford university is an author, data scientist, and speaker who studies what we can learn about people from new, internet data sources. This data can help reveal fascinating information about the human psyche, behavior and quirks, because, as it turns out, people arent always so willing to communicate their true hopes and desires to others.
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