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An edition of The Wisdom of Crowds:Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (2004)

The Wisdom of Crowds

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In this book, New Yorker columnist Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: 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. With seemingly boundless erudition and in clear, entertaining prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, economic behaviorism, artificial intelligence, military history and political theory to show just how this principle offers important lessons for how e live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world. -- From publisher description.

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Sociology, Common good, Business, Group decision making, Nonfiction, Consensus (Social sciences), Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Group Processes, Consensus, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Gemeinwohl, Entscheidungsfindung, Gruppenentscheidung, Rationalität, Herdentrieb, Massenpsychologie, Konsens, Jc328.2 .s87 2005, Hm 746 s961w 2005, 303.3/8
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"One day in the fall of 1906, the British scientist Francis Galton left his home in the town of Plymouth and headed for a country fair."

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JC328.2 .S87 2005, JC328.2

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OL7441903M
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0385721706
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61254310
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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.

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.

The story is told of the first observations of this effect, through to anecdotes of the effect in modern economics and psychology. The book not heavy on statistics, and has prompted much research since its publication.

The title is an allusion to the famous phrase, the "madness of crowds".

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