Can Google Books Really Tell Us About Cultural Evolution?
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In 2009, Google made available Google Books (also known as the Ngram corpus), a database that now includes over 8 million books…
In 2009, Google made available Google Books (also known as the Ngram corpus), a database that now includes over 8 million books…
via Mark Hillary/Flickr Heads up, we’re about four years out from some pretty depressing books, at least according to new…
Great new leading indicator for literary mood.Abstract:For the 20th century since the Depression, we find a strong correlation…
The frequency of words expressing misery and unhappiness in books reflects the economic conditions in the 10 years prior to the…