Dataclysm

Dataclysm
First edition (publ. Crown Publishing)
AuthorChristian Rudder
PublisherCrown Publishing
Publication date
September 9, 2014
ISBN978-0-38-534737-2

Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) is a book by OkCupid founder Christian Rudder that discusses how the vast trove of aggregated online data about individuals helps explain everything from political beliefs to speech patterns.[1][2][3][4] Much of the book details his findings after mining his own dataset in OkCupid.

Dataclysm was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Online Dating Stats Reveal A 'Dataclysm' Of Telling Trends". NPR. September 6, 2014. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Paumgarten, Nick (August 25, 2014). "Make Me a Match". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)". Booklist. 2014-07-28. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  4. ^ "Dataclysm". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  5. ^ "Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-08-28.


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