100 Ideas that Changed the Web Quotes

“A place that breaks down national and cultural borders. A place that blurs the boundaries between generating and exchanging ideas. A place that has toppled regimes and created new economic models. A place that has radically changed the way we work, play, shop, socialize and otherwise participate in society. But above all, a place that is for everyone.”
― Jim Boulton, 100 Ideas that Changed the Web

“Crowdsourcing works on the basis that ‘the wisdom of the crowd’ is greater than that of an individual, even if that individual is an expert – an idea James Surowiecki devoted a whole book to. Surowiecki’s opening example in The Wisdom of Crowds dates back to 1906, when the crowd at a county fair were asked to guess individually the weight of a butchered ox. The average guess was much closer than that of cattle experts.”
― Jim Boulton, 100 Ideas that Changed the Web