The Wisdom of CrowdsIn this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world. |
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User Review - Razinha - LibraryThingExcellent book, but then it fits with a confirmation bias and I was primed for it, as I do this all the time in my design meetings - I like to fill the room with brains, because while I have great ... Read full review
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User Review - MartinBodek - LibraryThingNever have I enjoyed a book so much that I completely disagreed with. There is much I learned here about processes and fundamental workings of everyday behavioral phenomena, but his thesis doesn't ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Wisdom of Crowds |
| Author | James Surowiecki |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0307275051, 9780307275059 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior Business & Economics / Economic History Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory |
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