TY  - BOOK
AU  - Surowiecki,James
TI  - The wisdom of crowds: why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations 
SN  - 0385503865
AV  - JC 328.2 .S87 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Consensus (Social sciences)
KW  - Common good
KW  - Group decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The wisdom of crowds -- The difference difference makes : waggle dances, the Bay of Pigs, and the value of diversity -- Monkey see, monkey do : imitation, information cascades, and independence -- Putting the pieces together : the CIA, Linux, and the art of decentralization -- Shall we dance? : coordination in a complex world -- Society does exist : taxes, tipping, television, and trust -- Traffic : what we have here is a failure to coordinate -- Science : collaboration, competition, and reputation -- Committees, juries, and teams : the Columbia disaster and how small groups can be made to work -- The company : meet the new boss, same as the old boss? -- Markets : beauty contests, bowling alleys, and stock prices -- Democracy : dreams of the common good
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