Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. United States, 1982. He is an opinion writer for the New York Times, a professor at The Wharton School, where he teaches a course explaining how to understand human behavior through big data, and a former Google data scientist. In high school, Stephens-Davidowitz wrote obituaries for the local newspaper, The Bergen Record, and juggled theater shows. He received a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard. During his work as a data scientist at Google, he investigated how to combine traditional surveys with new data sources from the Internet. He also helped develop new methods to measure the effectiveness of advertising. His work focuses on using big data sources to uncover previously hidden behaviors and attitudes. Through Google searches he obtains new insights into the human psyche that allow him to socially measure issues such as racism, self-induced abortion, depression, child abuse, hate mobs, the science of humor, sexual preference, anxiety , the child's preference and sexual insecurity, among many other issues. His research has appeared in the Journal of Public Economics and in many other prestigious publications. He lives in Brooklyn and is a passionate fan of the Mets, Knicks, Jets and Leonard Cohen.