The Wisdom of Crowds

SUROWIECKI,J

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Author
SUROWIECKI,J
Publish Date
05/01/2005
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
BANTAM
Number of Pages
336
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0385721706
ISBN-13
9780385721707
citemno
133432
SKU
9780385721707

Description

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.

With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, 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.