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Title: Too Much Information: Understanding What You Dont Want To Know
Author: SUNSTEIN CASS R
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 17/11/2020
Imprint: MIT/BRADFORD
Price: $48.00
Publishing status: Active
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.
ISBN: 9780262044165
Pages: 248