Kniga sostoit iz zanimatel′nych istorij o razgadyvanii paradoksov social′noj žizni s pomočš′ju metodov prikladnoj statistiki i iskusstvennogo intellekta. Ona rassčitana na ljuboznatel′nych čitatelej, interesujučšichsja kak ustroen okružajučšij mir i stremjačšichsja samostojatel′no otkryvat′ ego tajny. Kniga možet služit′ vvodnym kursom v statističeskij i intellektual′nyj analiz dannych, a takže podspor′em dlja demografov, politologov, sociologov, ėkonomistov. Dlja ponimanija soderžanija knigi ot čitatelja dostatočno znanij škol′nogo kursa matematiki. Ključevye slova: prikladnaja statistika, iskusstvennyj intellekt, samoobučajučšiesja seti (karty) Kochonena, demografija, gosudarstvennoe upravlenie, občšestvennaja moral′, futbolometrika, astrologija, prognozirovanie političeskich vyborov, social′nye seti, bol′šie dannye, menedžment. The book consists of entertaining stories about solving the paradoxes of social life using methods of applied statistics and artificial intelligence. It is designed for curious readers who are interested in how the world around them works and who seek to discover its secrets on their own. The book can serve as an introductory course in statistical and data mining, as well as help for demographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists. To understand the content of the book from the reader, a school course in mathematics is enough. Keywords: applied statistics, artificial intelligence, Kohonen self-organizing maps, demography, public administration, public morality, soccermetrics, astrology, forecasting of political elections, social networks, big data, management.