{"id":73029,"date":"2022-07-22T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=73029"},"modified":"2022-07-27T13:54:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:54:26","slug":"dangers-of-big-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the dangers of big data? How do businesses use data to exploit their customers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Everybody Lies<\/em>, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz warns that big data can easily lend itself to exploitative practices by businesses and by governments. They do this by making inappropriate assumptions about individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading for more details about the dangers of big data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-businesses-exploit-customers\">1. Businesses Exploit Customers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first danger of big data is businesses exploiting customers. While A\/B testing can help businesses optimize their products and services by identifying the most effective design choices, <strong>it can also help them make their offerings more addictive<\/strong>. He points out that from a business perspective, a site like Facebook is ultimately designed to get you to spend more time on Facebook. The more addictive they make the site and its services, the better, and A\/B testing helps them find the best ways to keep users hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Stephens-Davidowitz argues that <strong>businesses can use the doppelganger method to extract the maximum profit from their customers<\/strong>. He gives the example of casinos, which can use data about customers like you to predict your pain point\u2014the point at which you lose enough money that you won\u2019t come back to the casino for a while, if at all. Once they know your pain point, they can let you lose money until you\u2019re approaching that point, then intervene to offer you a free dinner or other perks. They come across as generous when in reality they\u2019re manipulating you by stopping you from gambling now so that you\u2019ll come back sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Some critics warn that data-based business practices might have even farther-ranging consequences than these. For example, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\/\"><em>21 Lessons for the 21st Century<\/em><\/a>, Yuval Noah Harari argues that the increasing prevalence of computer algorithms threatens to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\/chapter-3#shifting-from-free-will-to-technology\">erode our free will<\/a>. He suggests that the more we learn to trust computer-generated suggestions, the less we trust our own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/methods-of-decision-making-crucial-conversations\/\">decision-making<\/a> capabilities\u2014taken to an extreme, he argues that this trend could lead to humans entrusting their entire lives to computers and their data-driven recommendations.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-minority-report\">2. Minority Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephens-Davidowitz warns of the temptation to use data to make inappropriate predictions about individuals<\/strong>. He points to studies of loan applications that identify which words are most correlated with future defaults and which are most associated with paying back the loan. He points out that it would be unfair for a lender to use this information to deny a loan in any one particular case, based only on the words an applicant used. That\u2019s because data can only identify statistical likelihoods. This tells us, for example, that <em>many <\/em>people who \u201cswear to God I\u2019ll pay back this loan\u201d default; this insight says nothing about <em>any specific <\/em>loan applicant\u2019s likelihood of default (whether they \u201cswear to God\u201d or not).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, Stephens-Davidowitz says, it may be possible to correlate, for instance, a rise in searches for racist terminology in a specific neighborhood with the likelihood of racially motivated violence in that neighborhood. He argues that it may even be prudent to use this information to allocate police resources. But <strong>he rejects the idea of acting against individuals<\/strong>\u2014just because somebody\u2019s Google search suggests an <em>interest <\/em>in committing a hate crime doesn\u2019t mean that person will <em>actually commit <\/em>any crime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephens-Davidowitz acknowledges that these lines can be fuzzy: If police know that someone has been Googling where to buy guns and ammunition, how to modify those guns to make them fully automatic, and for information on a nearby school, should they intervene directly against that person? Should they inform the school? The answers aren\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-how-governments-already-exploit-big-data\">3. <strong>How Governments Already Exploit Big Data<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another danger of big data is that government exploits it as well. Just as banks and insurance companies already use data to inform their decisions, governments and law enforcement already use data to surveil citizens and, in some cases, act against them. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/permanent-record\"><em>Permanent Record<\/em><\/a>, Edward Snowden details how he discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/permanent-record\/part-4#reports-on-the-presidents-surveillance-program\">a secret US government program for collecting data on individuals<\/a> without warrants. Although this program\u2019s public exposure was met with outrage and legal challenges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/government-surveillance-examples\/\">government surveillance<\/a> and data collection have only expanded since Snowden blew the whistle in 2013. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Data-mining company Palantir has come under criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/palantir-human-rights-record-amnesty-international\/\">human rights advocates<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2019\/08\/22\/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees\/\">its own employees<\/a> for maintaining a lucrative contract with the US\u2019s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency\u2014which has used Palantir\u2019s technology to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/pkeg99\/palantirs-ceo-finally-admits-to-helping-ice-deport-undocumented-immigrants\">detain and deport immigrants<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US and UK governments partnered with Palantir to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpomagazine.com\/data-privacy\/privacy-advocates-calls-for-transparency-over-use-of-patient-data\/\">track patients<\/a> and map outbreaks.<\/li><li>With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/privacy-advocates\/\">privacy advocates<\/a> worried about the potential for the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopspying.org\/pregnancy-panopticon\">scrutinize pregnant women\u2019s online activity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/analysis\/2022\/05\/how-to-protect-yourself-from-surveillance-while-seeking-reproductive-health-care\">even track their locations<\/a> to intervene against those who might seek abortions.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These real-life applications of big data bring to mind Harari\u2019s concerns about who owns and has access to personal data. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\/\"><em>21 Lessons for the 21st Century<\/em><\/a>, Harari argues that data in government hands poses the threat of authoritarian measures bordering on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\/chapter-4#protecting-your-data\">national mind control<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the dangers of big data? How do businesses use data to exploit their customers? In Everybody Lies, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz warns that big data can easily lend itself to exploitative practices by businesses and by governments. They do this by making inappropriate assumptions about individuals. Continue reading for more details about the dangers of big data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":72200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,20,25],"tags":[691],"class_list":["post-73029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-ethics","category-statistics","tag-everybody-lies","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shortform Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\"},\"headline\":\"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\"},\"wordCount\":855,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Everybody Lies\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Ethics\",\"Statistics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\",\"name\":\"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of - Shortform Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"description\":\"The World&#039;s Best Book Summaries\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Shortform Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\",\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katie Doll\"},\"description\":\"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Senior SEO Writer\",\"worksFor\":\"Shortform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of - Shortform Books","description":"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of","og_description":"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/","og_site_name":"Shortform Books","article_published_time":"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Katie Doll","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katie Doll","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/"},"author":{"name":"Katie Doll","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937"},"headline":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of","datePublished":"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/"},"wordCount":855,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","keywords":["Everybody Lies"],"articleSection":["Business","Ethics","Statistics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/","name":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of - Shortform Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","datePublished":"2022-07-22T18:24:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T17:54:26+00:00","description":"There are many benefits to using big data, but you should still be cautious. Learn the few dangers of big data you should be wary of.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dangers-of-big-data\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 Dangers of Big Data You Should Be Aware Of"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","name":"Shortform Books","description":"The World&#039;s Best Book Summaries","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Shortform Books","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","width":500,"height":74,"caption":"Shortform Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937","name":"Katie Doll","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Katie Doll"},"description":"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.","knowsAbout":["Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing"],"jobTitle":"Senior SEO Writer","worksFor":"Shortform","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maths-statistics-numbers-data.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73029"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73273,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73029\/revisions\/73273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}