Too Much Information - Cass R Sunstein

Cass R Sunstein

Too Much Information

Understanding What You Don't Want to Know. Laufzeit ca. 362 Minuten. Sprache: Englisch.
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EAN 9798200183357
Veröffentlicht November 2020
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Beschreibung

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? Can we do anything useful with next week's weather forecast for Paris if we are not in Paris? In Too Much Information, Cass Sunstein examines the effects of information on our lives. Policymakers emphasize the right to know, but Sunstein takes a different perspective, arguing that the focus should be on human well-being and what information contributes to it. 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.

Portrait

Cass R. Sunstein, is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard and the founder and director of the university's program on behavioral economics and public policy. He is a columnist for the website Bloomberg View, a frequent congressional witness, and has served as an attorney-advisor in the Department of Justice.