Seth Stephens Davidowitz on data mining

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Seth Stephens Davidowitz on data mining

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Oct 18, 2017

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John Thornhill talks to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a former Google data scientist, about what our internet searches reveal about who we really are.Listen to Tech Tonic on iTunes or Stitcher. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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