Averting Catastrophe
by Cass R. Sunstein
Published date: 2021
Category: Reference
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Index Topics & Notes
- Insight: People's intuition is often the result of the availability heuristic.
- Insight: Judgement of risk is often based on the availability heuristic: the risk of shark attacks is lower than many people perceive.
- Insight: The availability heuristic can result in people focusing on the short term over the long term, especially when it comes to risk.
- Insight: Probability estimates are highly skewed by the availability heuristic.
