Description
How many steps have you taken today, how many emails have you answered, how much money have you spent this week and how many hours have you slept? Numbermania examines a world in which figures, statistics and data influence every move, from the way people work, date and exercise to the products they buy and the news they read. Behavioural economists Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjornsen use fascinating, sometimes alarming and sometimes wryly funny research to explain why people are so attached to numbers and how they can free themselves from their influence. The book explores why inaccurate viral videos become more convincing with every view, how numbers can affect the way people physically age, why rating more films can make them seem less impressive and how numbers anchored in the mind can influence the size of a mortgage, among many other topics. Its contents put the science of our modern obsession with numerical quantity into philosophical perspective and offer an antidote to a world focused on numbers rather than quality. The book is in English.
Information
Author: Dahlen Micael
Language: English
Publication date: May 9, 2024
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Books on science in english, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 264
ISBN/EAN: 9781800961050