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020    9780262044165|q(hardcover) 
020    0262044161|q(hardcover) 
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050 00 ZA3075|b.S865 2020 
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100 1  Sunstein, Cass R.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Too much information :|bunderstanding what you don't want 
       to know /|cCass R. Sunstein. 
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bThe MIT Press,|c[2020] 
300    252 pages :|billustrations (black and white) ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-226) and 
       index. 
505 0  Knowledge is power, but ignorance is bliss -- Measuring 
       welfare -- Psychology -- Learning the wrong thing -- Moral
       wrongs -- Valuing Facebook -- Sludge. 
520    How information can make us happy or miserable, and why we
       sometimes avoid it and 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. Sunstein argues that the information on 
       warnings and mandatory labels is often confusing or 
       irrelevant, yielding no benefit. He finds that people 
       avoid information if they think it will make them sad (and
       seek information they think will make them happy). Our 
       information avoidance and information seeking is notably 
       heterogeneous--some of us do want to know the popcorn 
       calorie count, others do not. Of course, says Sunstein, we
       are better off with stop signs, warnings on prescription 
       drugs, and reminders about payment due dates. But 
       sometimes less is more. What we need is more clarity about
       what information is actually doing or achieving. 
650  0 Information behavior. 
650  0 Disclosure of information. 
650  0 Information policy. 
650  7 Information policy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00972596 
650  7 Information behavior.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01737153 
650  7 Disclosure of information.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00894870 
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