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Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don't Want to Know by Cass R. Sunstein
3.0
I picked up a review copy of this book because I've read [b:Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness|3450744|Nudge Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness|Richard H. Thaler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348322381l/3450744._SY75_.jpg|2535409], a very good book which was co-authored by Cass Sunstein.
Too Much Information has some very interesting points, explaining things like why marketing does not have to tell you the reasons the company did something but rather why it benefits you as a consumer, and how the presentation of information matters while a reduction in disclosures increases the saliency of the more important ones, and how disclosure requirements tend to be imposed "when less informed consumers interact with better-informed sellers and when the incentives of the consumers and sellers are at least arguably misaligned."
I would suggest this book for those who want to know more about the topic, especially given that the author was advisor to President Obama. However, it is a little drier than Nudge and does not provide a significant amount of new information if you have read Nudge or similar books. 3.5 stars
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a review copy.
Too Much Information has some very interesting points, explaining things like why marketing does not have to tell you the reasons the company did something but rather why it benefits you as a consumer, and how the presentation of information matters while a reduction in disclosures increases the saliency of the more important ones, and how disclosure requirements tend to be imposed "when less informed consumers interact with better-informed sellers and when the incentives of the consumers and sellers are at least arguably misaligned."
I would suggest this book for those who want to know more about the topic, especially given that the author was advisor to President Obama. However, it is a little drier than Nudge and does not provide a significant amount of new information if you have read Nudge or similar books. 3.5 stars
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a review copy.