{"product_id":"what-we-ask-google-a-surprisingly-hopeful-history-of-humankind-hardcover","title":"What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEver wondered what goes through other people's minds--their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat We Ask Google, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for \"How to help a bee.\" Reassuringly, people consistently want to know, \"Where to donate blood?\" after natural disasters. And despite superficial differences (such as the deeply divided world map of cat people vs. dog people), humanity has a lot more in common than we often acknowledge. After all, everywhere around the world, it's two a.m. when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Ask Google\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e is Google's data editor, leading a team of data journalists, analysts, and visualizers to tell stories with Google's data. Previously, he was Twitter's first ever data editor, and he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eFacts Are Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e, based on \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003ci\u003eDatablog, \u003c\/i\u003e which he helped launch. A lecturer in Data Journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in San Francisco, he has received the Royal Statistical Society's award for statistical excellence in journalism. He lives with his family in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.36 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072312930605,"sku":"9798217176984","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/what-we-ask-google-a-surprisingly-hopeful-history-of-humankind-hardcover-5884720.webp?v=1780165146","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/what-we-ask-google-a-surprisingly-hopeful-history-of-humankind-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}