Google has released some fascinating aggregate data showing which searches surge in popularity at which hours of the day. We search for doctors at 8:20 a.m., for example, and recipes at 4:52 p.m. I found these two especially interesting:
The data shows that the hours between 2 and 4 a.m. are prime time for big questions: What is the meaning of consciousness? Does free will exist? Is there life on other planets?
and:
“Porn,” which is three times more popular among men than women, is most popular from midnight to 2 a.m.
There's life in a nutshell. It's getting late, so gotta cram in the good stuff while we can. But now, it's getting very, very late, so it's time to worry about what it all means.
