I've just started this but it seems like a fascinating book (with lots of case studies which I like). Here's a quote from the website about the book:
"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".
I don't quite understand how this would be, but perhaps somebody mathematically-minded will be along to explain it (if it can be explained by maths). I'm prepared to be convinced by examples though.
Goats Get Outshined By Farm Cat After Farmer Tries to See Which One of the
Kids Has the "Shared Brain Cell" of the Day, Goes Viral
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And to think we thought cats were the ones sharing one brain cell—seems
more like they have at least TWO.
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