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008			031229s2004 nyu b 000 0 eng
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100	1		_aSurowiecki, James, _d1967- _94
245	1	4	_aThe wisdom of crowds : _bwhy the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations / _cJames Surowiecki.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bDoubleday, _c2004.
300			_axxi, 296 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction -- _gpt. 1 -- _g1. The _twisdom of crowds -- _g2. The _tdifference difference makes : waggle dances, the Bay of Pigs, and the value of diversity -- _g3. _tMonkey see, monkey do : imitation, information cascades, and independence -- _g4. _tPutting the pieces together : the CIA, Linux, and the art of decentralization -- _g5. _tShall we dance? : coordination in a complex world -- _g6. _tSociety does exist : taxes, tipping, television, and trust -- _gpt. 2 -- _g7. _tTraffic : what we have here is a failure to coordinate -- _g8. _tScience : collaboration, competition, and reputation -- _g9. _tCommittees, juries, and teams : the Columbia disaster and how small groups can be made to work -- _g10. The _tcompany : meet the new boss, same as the old boss? -- _g11. _tMarkets : beauty contests, bowling alleys, and stock prices -- _g12. _tDemocracy : dreams of the common good -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tNotes.
520			_aIn 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. This seemingly counterintuitive notion has major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organized and how we live our daily lives. 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 operates in the real world.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aConsensus (Social sciences)
650		0	_aCommon good.
650		0	_aGroup decision making.
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