tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2007://1/tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7981- 2007-12-03T11:45:59Z Comments for Wisdom of crowds in USA Today Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and more. As of December 2007 Jack will likely start writing about product management too. Movable Type 4.01 tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7981.11177 Comment from Jason Yip on 2006-09-19 Jason Yip http://jchyip.blogspot.com "Why is it that some crowds seem smart, while others turn into ugly mobs?"

Isn't this answered in the book? I got the sense that Maney only read the book title and not the book.

]]> 2006-09-19T10:42:32Z 2006-09-19T10:42:32Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7981.11509 Comment from Dawson Brenner on 2006-09-21 Dawson Brenner The following is from the site: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/Q&A.html

Under what circumstances is the crowd smarter?

There are four key qualities that make a crowd smart. It needs to be diverse, so that people are bringing different pieces of information to the table. It needs to be decentralized, so that no one at the top is dictating the crowd's answer. It needs a way of summarizing people's opinions into one collective verdict. And the people in the crowd need to be independent, so that they pay attention mostly to their own information, and not worrying about what everyone around them thinks.

The book really tells the story in quite a compelling fashion.

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