The wisdom of crowds : Why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies and nations

The wisdom of crowds has a deceptively simple and counterintuitive premise: If you want to make a correct decision or solve a problem, large groups of people are smarter than a few experts. This is a book that explains in a completely new way how the world really works. Surowiecki goes against the c...

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Main Author: Surowiecki, James
Format: Book
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Published: New York Random House, Inc 2004
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Summary:The wisdom of crowds has a deceptively simple and counterintuitive premise: If you want to make a correct decision or solve a problem, large groups of people are smarter than a few experts. This is a book that explains in a completely new way how the world really works. Surowiecki goes against the conventional wisdom and draws startling conclusions about society, free markets, scientific research, the environment, and even our democratic form of government.