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I got one book last week, and it has me intrigued:
Numbers and Nerves: Information, Emotion, and Meaning in a World of Data, edited by Scott Slovic and Paul Slovic, published by OSU Press. This is a collection of essays and interviews that examines how we are deluged with facts, statistics, models, and projections to the point of desensitization to information presented in the form of numbers.
The journalists, literary critics, psychologists, naturalists, activists, and others who contributed to the book explore this quandary and offer strategies for overcoming the insensitivity.
OK, I'll admit it sounds pretty abstract and not what I'd pick up after a long day at work. But when I think about it, it does sound very interesting and I'd like to learn more. And it includes an essay by Annie Dillard!
Yes, we certainly are deluged with facts and statistics and studies, etc. How many times have you heard that a certain food may not be as good for you as you thought, only to have the exact opposite information given after a few months or years. Interesting book. :)
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