I've been reading this critter:
http://tinyurl.com/hexhe
.. and am interested in its application to social modeling, and
possibly business/organizational modeling.
The thesis is that good decisions can be made by crowds if they are:
- Diverse
- Independent
- Decentralized
- Good method for aggregating the results.
I started on the book a while back while discouraged after the
democrats shot themselves in the foot the last election. Thinking
crowds were stupid, I was surprised a bit by the author's thesis.
Anyone read it? Have opinions? Got ideas how to apply it to
community modeling?
-- Owen
Owen Densmore
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