Seth Isaac Stephens-Davidowitz (born September 15, 1982)[1] is an American data scientist, economist, and author.
He has worked as a New York Times op-ed contributor, a data scientist at Google,[2] as well as a visiting lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
[8] Stephens-Davidowitz was born on September 15, 1982, in Englewood, New Jersey[1] into a Jewish family,[9] son of Esther Davidowitz and Mitchell Stephens.
Of particular note is the empirical chapter, Chapter 4: Digital Truth Serum, derived from extensive Big Data analysis of search engine search histories (primarily Google's) on sensitive subject matters such as prejudice, violence, and sexuality.
The remainder of the book addresses the surrounding issues of methodology, epistemology, and moral philosophy.