tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post3801849237816810242..comments2024-02-08T04:15:53.399-06:00Comments on Why Not Blog?: CrowdsDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200732104876804746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847877.post-42000098432850376962007-01-17T06:14:00.000-06:002007-01-17T06:14:00.000-06:00The other main point to Surowiecki's claim is not ...The other main point to Surowiecki's claim is not just having diverse groups (a fireman, a stockbroker, a lawyer, a barber) but that you have <i>intelligent</i> diverse groups. That point differentiates the wisdom of crowds from mob rule. The crowd is drawing on some form(s) of cultural capital and information, not at straws.<br /><br />I agree w/how you read it along racial lines (and we should add gender, too). My interests in the book (and other "information" books that seem to be coming out these days) is its relationship to writing and to WPA work where my experience has been that decision making is left to one or two people, and not some kind of metaphoric crowd. That crowd could be a team of people (which it should be) as well as an openness to bring in other "diverse" ideas (from other areas of study).<br /><br />You should pick the book up. It's a pretty quick read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com