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  - 0316861731
U1  - 303.38 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Little, Brown
KW  - Consensus (Social sciences)
KW  - Common good
KW  - Group decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-295); 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, echo chambers, and the stock market; Democracy : dreams of the common good
ER  -