Summary of Daniel Kahneman's Noise

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Daniel Kahneman's Noise in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: n Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Wherever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet, most of the time, individuals and organizations alike are unaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638155560

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Insights from Part I

#1

Bias and noise, also known as systematic deviation and random scatter, are two types of error.

#2

Some judgments are skewed; they are consistently off the mark. Other judgments make a lot of noise and end up at different points around the target.

#3

To comprehend judgment error, we must first understand both bias and noise. Noise is sometimes the more serious issue. But noise is rarely acknowledged in public discussions about human error and in organizations worldwide. The star of the show is bias.

#4

There is noise everywhere when it comes to human judgments. We must overcome both noise and bias in order to improve the quality of our judgments.

#5

It is inexcusable when two people convicted of the same crime receive dramatically different sentences. Nonetheless, because of noise, something similar occurs in many places. Noise can create a lot of inequity.

#6

Criminal sentencing is particularly dramatic, but noise also occurs in the private sector, where the stakes can be