Steven JohnsonThis is not the wisdom of the crowd, but the wisdom of someone in the crowd. It’s not that the network itself is smart; it’s that the individuals get smarter because they’re connected to the network.
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The wisdom of the crowd is the sum total of the decisions made by a large number of people, often as part of a crowd. So, what does this mean? It means that the individual person is not smart enough to make choices on their own, but someone who is part of a larger group can. The wisdom of the crowd is more about how we make decisions and less about whether we make good decisions. The wisdom of the crowd has become a popular term because we use it so often and it serves as our shorthand for “the opinions and ideas of lots and lots of people.”
Source: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History Of Innovation
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