Archive for the ‘wisdom of crowds’ Category
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Two psychologists, Edward Vul of MIT and Harold Pashler of the University of California in San Diego, have tested the wisdom of crowds by simulating online "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". The wisdom of crowds (best-seller by Surowiecki) is described as the fact that under certain circumstances a crowd's ...
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
"A good idea is one that happens." This is a very simple, but crucial discovery. Going a step backwards, the generation of an idea starts not earlier than its release from one's mind.
Paul Arden points out in his book "Whatever you think, think the opposite" that an idea becomes a ...
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
An old, well-known proverb means that some problems may be solved more easily by two people working together than by one working alone. This statement may be obvious to everyone reading it, but industries are changing at this very moment without companies realizing it.
Not only in Western culture, we understand ...
Monday, January 21st, 2008
In einem gross angelegten Experiment versuchte gestern, der Sender RTL das Buch von James Surowiecki zu testen: Ist die Masse schlauer als der Experte? Wir haben beim Experiment mitgemacht.
Wer wird Millionär beweist's: der Publikumsjoker tippt weltweit zu 91% die richtige Antwort zur Frage (RTL, 2008). In der Event-Show "Die ...
