What We Ask Google - A surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind

Ever wondered what goes through other people''s minds - their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes and dreams? In What We Ask Google , the company''s Data Editor Simon Rogers explores insights from the world''s biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you. In June the UK sees a spike in searches for ''how to help a bee'' ''Where is Chuck Norris?'' is the 17th most common English language question of all time Around the world, it''s 2am when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleep Reassuringly, people consistently want to know, ''How often can you donate plasma?'' Brimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound , What We Ask Google delves into the momentous and the mundane secrets of what we ask when we get the chance to ask anything, offering a surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Rogers
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 07.05.2026
• EAN: 9781911709930
• ISBN: 978-1-911709-93-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Data Mining, Society & culture: general, Social, group or collective psychology, Internet: general works, Society and culture: general, Social research and statistics, Encyclopaedias and reference works, General studies and General knowledge, PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology