false Food for thought, but presented in a very dry manner. Yawn! 0 2008-12-03T16:48:13-08:00 146976 306 2008-12-03T16:48:13-08:00 Interesting theories. Diverse groups often predict the best outcome... 0 2008-11-30T06:10:47-08:00 136634 224 2008-11-30T06:10:47-08:00 3 1 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 17:28:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:41:51 -0800 2008
The author separated the book into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 and for the life of me I can't fathom why because it all ran together. The introduction starts off with numerous examples to the points he intends to make throughout the book that also have numerous--extensive--examples. A great deal of research had to go into putting the information together, but it seemed like too much name throwing and quoting with nothing to counter-balance the assumptions.

There were many NFL examples (eyes rolling) and most of the examples seemed to go on forever. I got it. Enough already.

On the plus side, sifting through the data of this book had me thinking about the wisdom of crowds. I agree that collective decisions are more likely to be good when made from a diverse group of individuals, reaching independent conclusions. The author's theories on becoming individually smarter, but collectively dumber were interesting. I agree that one of the quickest ways to make people's judgments biased is to make them dependent on one another for information. Another good suggestion I found in this book was reading "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell--featured in Goodreads December 2009 Newsletter. :-)]]>