Comments on: "Wisdom of Crowds" is an Oxymoron http://chris.pirillo.com/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/ Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tony http://chris.pirillo.com/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-659571 tony Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:57:14 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/02/10/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/#comment-659571 I agree with the previous post... there is a great deal of nuance in the concepts related in the book. And, adding little things like competition, beer, distractions, fear, etc. tend to break some of the field that I believe does have the ability to consistently generate good decision making. It does beg the question, how better to adapt this potential to online discourse. TN I agree with the previous post… there is a great deal of nuance in the concepts related in the book. And, adding little things like competition, beer, distractions, fear, etc. tend to break some of the field that I believe does have the ability to consistently generate good decision making.

It does beg the question, how better to adapt this potential to online discourse.

TN

]]> By: Shanti Braford http://chris.pirillo.com/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-18919 Shanti Braford Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:06:43 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/02/10/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/#comment-18919 Hey Chris - just had to weigh in here b/c the nomenclature behind "Wisdom of Crowds" is very confusing to those who haven't read the book / grok'd the whole theory. I know you know this... but for those who aren't familiar w/ Wisdom of Crowds -- It's not just any old random crowd. The crowd has to be diverse, and has to make its decisions independent of one another. So on Digg, for example, when the first comment is "No Digg, this article sucks" followed by ten similar comments. That's not exactly independent analysis commenting. Just to stay with the Digg analogy, it also has a very heavy tech-oriented audience, which is great. But not as conducive to harnessing the power of The Wisdom of Crowds. /end rant =) ps. the book is like a quick 3-hour read. Hey Chris – just had to weigh in here b/c the nomenclature behind “Wisdom of Crowds” is very confusing to those who haven't read the book / grok'd the whole theory.
I know you know this… but for those who aren't familiar w/ Wisdom of Crowds –
It's not just any old random crowd. The crowd has to be diverse, and has to make its decisions independent of one another.
So on Digg, for example, when the first comment is “No Digg, this article sucks” followed by ten similar comments.
That's not exactly independent analysis commenting.
Just to stay with the Digg analogy, it also has a very heavy tech-oriented audience, which is great. But not as conducive to harnessing the power of The Wisdom of Crowds.
/end rant =)
ps. the book is like a quick 3-hour read.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-18918 Anonymous Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:48:37 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/02/10/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/#comment-18918 "None of us is as dumb as all of us." Jim Turner “None of us is as dumb as all of us.”
Jim Turner

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-18917 Anonymous Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:06:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/02/10/wisdom-of-crowds-is-an-oxymoron/#comment-18917 found this link at JD Lasica's site. seems to fit. http://www.tnl.net/blog/entry/The_New_Gatekeepers Mark found this link at JD Lasica's site. seems to fit.
http://www.tnl.net/blog/entry/The_New_Gatekeepers
Mark

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