The After On Podcast

55: Detecting Disease Outbreaks from Internet Traffic | Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Apr 23, 2021

01:42:30

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Is This a Commercial Product?

02:51

Search Data - Is Google a Good Search Engine?

02:06

How to Build an Early Detection System?

03:41

Introduction

2min

How to Build a Reliable Epidemic Monitor

3min

The Sapphire Palace Escape Room Review

4min

Search Traffic and the Coved Pandemic Winning

2min

Are You Gay?

2min

Google Trends

2min

What You Can and Can't Do With the Data

3min

I Can't Smell, Is It a Covid Symptom?

3min

The Relationship Between Search Data and Covet Rates

4min

10.

I Can't Smell, a Symptom of Cobet, Could Be Detected Early in the Disease Cycle

4min

11.

How to Detect a Covet Epidemic Over Two Weeks

3min

12.

The Problem of False Positives in Public Health

2min

13.

How to Build an Early Detection System?

4min

14.

Medica Sub

4min

15.

Pancreatic Cancer Detection Using Bing Data

2min

16.

Pancreatic Cancer - Is Early Detection a Good Thing?

2min

17.

The Secret Sauce Is the Individual Level Data

2min

18.

Google and Bing Are a Prophet Making Enterprises

2min

19.

Is Continuous Modering of Health Going to Revolutionize Health?

4min

20.

How Does Big Data Change Our Understanding of Human Happiness?

4min

21.

Is This a Commercial Product?

3min

22.

Search Data - Is Google a Good Search Engine?

2min

23.

How to Dispose of a Body - Is That a Crime?

2min

24.

What Is Digital Truth Serum?

2min

25.

The Power of News Feed

2min

26.

The National Inquirer Vers the Atlantic Monthly

2min

27.

What's the Social Science Consensus About Illusory Superiority?

2min

28.

How Do You Compare to Others in Your Driving Ability?

4min

29.

How to Scale the Social Sciences in Interesting Ways

2min

30.

How Do We Judge People Based on What They Look Like?

2min

31.

The Relationship Between Competence and Physical Attractivity

4min

32.

Are Competent Looking People More Competent on Average?

3min

33.

The Shlubby Doctor May Actually Be the Doctor That You Should Choose

4min

34.

The Effect of Parenting in the United States

3min

35.

How Many Mets Fans Are There?

2min

36.

What Ages Influence Adult Musical Tastes?

3min

37.

How Does Your Political Views Affect When You Are Born?

2min

38.

Everybody Lies - Where Do You Find It?

3min

39.

The After on Podcast - Part 2

2min

This is closely tied to a 4-hour collaboration between Sam Harris and me, which Sam is posting to his podcast's feed. I strongly recommend that episode too! But it's not "required" for you to get everything out of this fascinating conversation with Seth.

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