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The wisdom of the crowd is the collective opinion of a diverse and independent group of individuals rather than that of a single expert. This process, while not new to the Information Age, has been pushed into the mainstream spotlight by social information sites such as Quora, Reddit, Stack Exchange, Wikipedia, Yahoo!
Jul 31, 2022 · Wisdom of crowds refers to the idea that large groups of people are collectively smarter than individual experts. Wisdom of crowds was first popularized by New Yorker writer James...
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, published in 2004, is a book written by James Surowiecki about the aggregation of information in groups, resulting in decisions that, he argues, are often better than could have been made by any single member ...
- James Surowiecki
- 2004
Jan 31, 2013 · The Real Wisdom of the Crowds. By Ed Yong. January 31, 2013. • 6 min read. In 1907, Sir Francis Galton asked 787 villagers to guess the weight of an ox. None of them got the right answer,...
Jul 8, 2014 · ‘Wisdom of the crowd’: The myths and realities. 7 July 2014. By Philip Ball,Features correspondent. (Thinkstock) Are the many wiser than the few? Phil Ball explores the latest evidence on...
May 8, 2023 · In his influential book, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki argues that aggregating guesses or opinions of large numbers of people leads to more accurate answers because individuals tend to...
Aug 16, 2005 · In 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.
