Jul 15, 2021
Many of the most important moments in our lives rely on the
judgment of others. We expect doctors to diagnose our illnesses
correctly, and judges to hand out rulings fairly. But there’s a
massive flaw in human judgment that we’re just beginning to
understand, and it’s called “noise.”
In a new book, former University of Chicago law professor Cass
Sunstein along with his co-authors, Daniel Kahneman and Olivier
Sibony, take us through the literature on noise, explains how it
shows up in our world and what we can do to fight it. From
misdiagnoses to unequal treatment in courtrooms, noise is the
“silent killer” we didn’t even know was there.