{"product_id":"what-we-ask-google-a-surprisingly-hopeful-picture-of-humankind","title":"What We Ask Google","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW SCIENTIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK MAY 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This view from the other side of the search box is both charming and insightful, tapping into a deep well of curiosity.'\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Harford, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Make the World Add Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEver wondered what goes through other people's minds - our silly questions, inner anxieties, hopes and dreams?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this hopeful and insightful book, Google 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn June the UK sees a spike in searches for 'how to help a bee'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon is the top place on earth searching for 'tell the time drunk'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAround the world, it's 2am when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleep\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearches for 'how to help' are at an all-time high\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound\u003ci\u003e, What 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'In a time when the news is so relentlessly gloomy, this book provides a ray of hope\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Deserves a place on any bathroom bookshelf'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful Picture of Humankind","offer_id":46474078388421,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-911709-93-0.jpg?v=1782879157","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/what-we-ask-google-a-surprisingly-hopeful-picture-of-humankind","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}