false<![CDATA[The Wisdom of Crowds]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178722018m/825451.jpg6814317In this fascinating book, <i>New Yorker </i>business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are <i>smarter</i> 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.32506752004The Wisdom of Crowdstotal:1172|5:179|4:494|3:388|2:94|1:17|11724240218019858falsefalseSat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006Sun Apr 08 11:10:48 -0700 2007Sun Apr 15 20:14:30 -0700 2007 The four essential conditi...more...]]>
25falsefalseTue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Thu Dec 20 16:29:41 -0800 2007Thu Dec 20 16:48:13 -0800 2007 This is a very interesting concept, fleshed out into a very boring book. It seems like a graduate...more...]]>
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31falsefalseThu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008Thu Nov 13 17:28:35 -0800 2008Sat Dec 06 09:41:51 -0800 2008 The author separated the book into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2...more...]]>
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41falsefalseWed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003Tue Jan 27 13:09:59 -0800 2009Sun Apr 12 05:49:54 -0700 2009 From an earlier review I wrote some time ago: Wisdom of Crowds is a very insightful book about how we ma...more...]]>
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51falsetrueWed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006Tue Nov 25 10:38:24 -0800 2008Tue Nov 25 10:44:55 -0800 20081 Still, I can sum it in a couple of sentences, and then you only need to read it if you want the supporting arguments.
Large groups of people tend to arrive at the correct resolution to complex issues far more frequently than individual...more...]]>
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1. Groups are smart.
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Surowiecki first developed his ideas for Wisdom of Crowds in his "Financial Page" column of The New Yorker. Many critics found his premise to be an interesting twist on the long held notion that Americans generally question the masses and eschew groupthink. "A socialist might draw som...more...]]>
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