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Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein | Book Club

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Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein | Book Club

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Full Title: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Suggested by: Book Shop Extra
Pages to read: 384
ISBN: 9780316451390 (Originally listed edition & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is noise?
•When is diversity of views unwanted?
•What lottery do users of public or private services enter?
•What is decision hygiene?
•How to reduce noise?
•What is a noise audit?
•Are judges noisy?
•What is a judgement?
•What culture to organizations want?
•Can noise be wanted?
•What creates noise?
•How well do people make predictions?
•What do experts know?
•Why do people jump to conclusions?
•How do earlier impressions influence judgement?
•What is the wisdom of the crowd?
•Can rules help?
•What is the MSE?
•What is level noise?
•What is pattern noise?
•What are the effects of mood?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.

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