Availability Cascade - Wikipedia - Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata - Author: **Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein** - Full Title: Availability Cascade - Wikipedia - Category: #articles - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_cascade#:~:text=An%20availability%20cascade%20is%20a,certain%20kinds%20of%20collective%20beliefs. ## Highlights - An availability cascade is a self-reinforcing cycle that explains the development of certain kinds of collective beliefs. A novel idea or insight, usually one that seems to explain a complex process in a simple or straightforward manner, gains rapid currency in the popular discourse by its very simplicity and by its apparent insightfulness