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  • How To Find Out People’s Secrets, With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

    How To Find Out People’s Secrets, With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

    Secrets plague us all. In this episode of The Upgrade, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are explains what the internet can tell us about the prejudices, fears and fetishes we’re hiding. We also talk with our Lifehacker writers about…


  • Anne Lamott Upgrades Our Lives 

    Anne Lamott Upgrades Our Lives 

    Anne Lamott is a progressive political activist and writer, the bestselling author of such books as Bird by Bird, Travelling Mercies, Operating Instructions, Plan B, and her latest, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. We’re such fans of Anne Lamott that we’ve decided to devote an entire episode of The Upgrade to her. We talk to…