The wisdom of crowds
James Surowiecki (Author)
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 we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.--From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2005
First Anchor books edition View all formats and editions
Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc, New York, 2005
xxi, 306 pages ; 21 cm
9780385721707, 0385721706
61254310
The wisdom of crowds
The difference difference makes : waggle dances, the Bay of Pigs, and the value of diversity
Monkey see, monkey do : imitation, information cascades, and independence
Putting the pieces together : the CIA, Linux, and the art of decentralization
Shall we dance? : coordination in a complex world
Society does exist : taxes, tipping, television, and trust
Traffic : what we have here is a failure to coordinate
Science : collaboration, competition, and reputation
Committees, juries, and teams : the Columbia disaster and how small groups can be made to work
The company : meet the new boss, same as the old boss?
Markets : beauty contests, bowling alleys, and stock prices
Democracy : dreams of the common good
Afterword to Anchor Books edition
Includes new afterword
Previous edition: New York : Doubleday, 2004. Published as: The wisdom of crowds : why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations
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