by Cass R Sunstein · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141044293
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In 'On Rumours', Cass R. Sunstein explores the human propensity for gossip and storytelling, and discusses how our fears and hopes can work against common sense. He also investigates the way that the internet can entrench our false beliefs even deeper, and how the wish to conform, our natural biases and even our basic emotions can cause us to fall for untrue accounts – whether libellous celebrity stories or strange conspiracy theories that reach around the world. The author uses examples from the real world and from behavioral studies to explain why certain rumors spread like wildfire, what individuals can do to avoid being misled, and what the government can do to discourage those who are out to mislead others.
Cass Robert Sunstein is an American legal scholar known for his work in U.S. constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and behavioral economics. He is also The New York Times best-selling author of The World According to Star Wars (2016) and Nudge (2008). He was the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2012.
