BIG DATA: Cracking the Codes of Love, Happiness and Success

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

“You can make better life decisions. Big Data can help you.” So begins “Don’t Trust Your Gut,” a new book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Seth, a former Google data scientist, has mined massive data sets in order to answer some of life’s most vexing questions: “What predicts a happy marriage?” and “How do you get rich?” and “What really makes us happy?” The answers may surprise you. Download the Next Big Idea app today at nextbigideaclub.com/app/

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:06.5	I'm Rufus Griskym, and this is the next big idea.
0:10.6	Today, better living through data.
0:30.5	The
0:36.0	September 4th, 2002.
0:38.5	The Oakland athletics are at home hosting the Kansas City Royals.
0:42.5	And tonight, the A's have just one job.
0:46.0	When?
0:48.0	Now, yes, of course, that's pretty much always the job you're
0:51.6	a major league baseball team.
0:53.5	But tonight is different.
0:55.3	The stakes are higher.
0:57.1	The A's of 119 games in a row.
0:59.0	Beat the Royals, which shouldn't be too hard.
1:01.0	And they'll extend that winning streak to 20.
1:03.5	An American league record.
1:05.5	The A's get off to a great start.
1:07.5	After the first three innings, it's 11-nothing.
1:10.5	Hard to imagine a more comfortable lead than that.
1:13.0	But then, to the heart of the 55,000 fans in attendance,
1:17.0	Oakland's lead starts to evaporate.
1:19.5	They give up five runs in the 4th, another five in the 8th.
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