Deciphering Big Data to Make Better Decisions
FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis
English - June 04, 2020 13:36 - 27 minutes - 25 MB - ★★★★★ - 214 ratingsBusiness News Business News hbr presents harvard business review career planning work life entrepreneurship Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Data can play an important role in challenging the illusions, presumptions, and prejudices of “common sense.” In this episode, New York Times bestselling author and data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz explains how to use rigorous analysis to follow the data – wherever it leads.
There is so much data out there about all of us – thanks to the “big data revolution.” Every day it’s used to predict our behavior – from consumer habits to the likelihood of committing a crime. But all that data is useless if you don’t know how to interpret it.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times bestselling author and data scientist, understands that data can play an important role in challenging conventional wisdom and making better decisions. In this episode, he explains how to use data analysis to follow the data – wherever it leads.
Later in the show, we talk with Johnny Grant, whose company has launched FOMO Bones, CBD treats for dogs.
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