The Wisdom of Crowds

Business & Money

Surowiecki, James

Economics

Anchor

“No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.”  —H. L. Mencken H. L. Mencken was wrong.In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James 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 endless and 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 delightfully clear 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.  Despite the sophistication of his arguments, Surowiecki presents them in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The examples he uses are all down-to-earth, surprising, and fun to ponder. Why is the line in which you’re standing always the longest? Why is it that you can buy a screw anywhere in the world and it will fit a bolt bought ten-thousand miles away? Why is network television so awful? If you had to meet someone in Paris on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet? Why are there traffic jams? What’s the best way to win money on a game show? Why, when you walk into a convenience store at 2:00 A.M. to buy a quart of orange juice, is it there waiting for you? What do Hollywood mafia movies have to teach us about why corporations exist?The Wisdom of Crowds is a brilliant but accessible biography of an idea, one with important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, conduct our business, and think about our world.

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (Random House Large Print)

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Random House, Large Print

“No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” —H. L. Mencken H. L. Mencken was wrong. In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James 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 endless and 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 delightfully clear 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. Despite the sophistication of his arguments, Surowiecki presents them in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The examples he uses are all down-to-earth, surprising, and fun to ponder. Why is the line in which you’re standing always the longest? Why is it that you can buy a screw anywhere in the world and it will fit a bolt bought ten-thousand miles away? Why is network television so awful? If you had to meet someone in Paris on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet? Why are there traffic jams? What’s the best way to win money on a game show? Why, when you walk into a convenience store at 2:00 A.M. to buy a quart of orange juice, is it there waiting for you? What do Hollywood mafia movies have to teach us about why corporations exist? The Wisdom of Crowds is a brilliant but accessible biography of an idea, one with important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, conduct our business, and think about our world.

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

Business Culture

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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.

Reference

Vintage

La sabiduría de la multitud o por qué la mayoría siempre es más inteligente que la minoría En este libro tremendamente fascinante, James Surowiecki, el conocido columnista de la revista TheNew Yorker, explora una idea aparentemente sencilla pero que reviste profundas implicaciones: los grandes colectivos son más inteligentes que la minoría selecta, por brillante que ésta sea, cuando se trata de resolver problemas, promover la innovación, alcanzar decisiones prudentes, e incluso prever el futuro. Esta noción en apariencia contraria a lo que nos dicta la intuición tiene consecuencias muy importantes en lo que respecta el funcionamiento de las empresas, el progreso del conocimiento, la organización de la economía y nuestro régimen de vida cotidiano. Con una erudición que no parece conocer límites y una prosa estupendamente clara, Surowiecki explora campos tan diversos como la cultura popular, la psicología, el conductismo económico, la inteligencia artificial, la historia militar y la teoría económica, todo ello a fin de demostrar cómo funciona el mencionado principio en el mundo real. A pesar de que la argumentación es necesariamente compleja, Surowiecki logra presentarla de manera muy amena y los ejemplos que cita son tan realistas como sorprendentes y divertidos. ¿Por qué nos colocamos siempre en la fila de los lentos? ¿Por qué es posible comprar una tuerca en cualquier parte del mundo y que case con el tornillo correspondiente de cualquier otro lugar? ¿Por qué se producen los embotellamientos de tráfico? ¿Cuál es la mejor táctica para ganar dinero en un concurso televisado? Brillante y accesible, Cien mejor que uno es la biografía de una idea que aporta enseñanzas importantes acerca de nuestra manera de vivir, de elegir a nuestros dirigentes, de gestionar nuestras empresas y de pensar acerca de nuestro mundo.

Cien mejor que uno (Spanish Edition)

Tendencias

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The Wisdom of Crowds

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (Random House Large Print)

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

The Wisdom of Crowds

Cien mejor que uno (Spanish Edition)

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, an (Chinese and English Edition)