More. Numbers. Every. Day.: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives - And Why It's Time to Set Ourselves Free

The numberdemic is a book by Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen that explains why we are so attached to numbers and how we can free ourselves from their tyranny. It explores how numbers can affect our physical age, the way we work, date, and exercise, and the products we buy. It also reveals why viral videos become more convincing with every view, why the more films we rate, the less impressive we find them, and how numbers that anchor themselves in our brain can affect the size of our mortgage. The book is a smart and insightful read that will change the way we think and live.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 16 March 2023
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Welcome to the numberdemic, where a deluge of figures, statistics, and data manipulate your every move. From the way you work, date, and exercise to the products you buy and the news you read, numbers have worked their way into every part of our lives. But is life better this way? How are all of those numbers affecting us?

With fascinating, sometimes frightening, and sometimes shrewdly funny research, behavioral economists Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen explain why we're so attached to numbers and how we can free ourselves from their tyranny. Along the way, you'll learn why viral videos, however inaccurate, become more convincing with every view; how numbers can affect the way we physically age, if we let them; why the more films you rate, the less impressive you'll find them, and how numbers that anchor themselves in your brain can affect the size of your mortgage - plus much more.

Sharp, insightful, and totally engaging, MORE. NUMBERS. EVERY. DAY. is your vaccination against a world obsessed with numbers. An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world. By looking at the psychology of how we are tricked, goaded, and often crushed by endless quantification, the authors present a winning case for weaning ourselves off number-dependence.

- Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems? Everybody should read this book. A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.

- Thomas Erikson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Surrounded By Idiots Written in lucid, skillfully translated prose that puts the science into philosophical pe.

Weight: 398g
Dimension: 143 x 223 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800961043