Don't Trust Your Gut

“The data-driven answer to life is as follows: be with your love, on an 80-degree and sunny day, overlooking a beautiful body of water, having sex.”

This sentence both opens and wraps up the book. But the middle parts explain it very well. And not just that, but many other things that are counter-intuitive or counter-counter-intuitive (I know how this sounds, but it will make sense once you're reading the book). Sometimes we shouldn't go with our gut but instead, look at what data suggests us to do.

I was already a fan of Seth's previous book, Everybody Lies, and while this one takes a similar approach (using data to write a book), it's a very different book. Sort of self-help for data-driven people.

Most self-help books have 2-3 actual bits of advice and take several angles to prove the point, making the book longer than it needs to be. This one, however, I wouldn't mind having more content. I really enjoyed the book, and will probably reread it soon.