Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don't Want to Know

by Cass R Sunstein and Cass R. Sunstein

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262044161
• ISBN13: 9780262044165
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.0"