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Too Much Information: Understanding what you don’t want to know

By Cass R. Sunstein

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
2020
ISBN
0262044161, 9780262044165
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7288686 bytes)
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
232\262
Time added
2020-10-03 10:54:12

Description

The bestselling author and recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize, Cass R. Sunstein, explores how more information can make us happy or miserable, and why we sometimes avoid it--but sometimes seek it out.How much information is too much? Do we need to know how many calories are in the giant vat of popcorn that we bought on our way into the movie theater? Do we want to know if we are genetically predisposed to a certain disease? In Too Much Information, Cass Sunstein examines the effects of information on our lives. Sunstein argues that government should require companies, employers, hospitals, and others to disclose information not because of a general "right to know" but when the information in question would significantly improve people's lives.

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