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Dataclysm

Dataclysm: Who We Are 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. Much of the book details his findings after mining his own dataset in OkCupid.

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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.1234 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

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  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. July 28, 2014. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  4. "Dataclysm". Kirkus Reviews. July 26, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  5. "Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)". Goodreads. Retrieved August 28, 2024.