TY - BOOK ID - 5551477 TI - The wisdom of crowds. PY - 2005 SN - 9780385721707 0385721706 0385721706 0385721706 9780385721707 PB - New York : Anchor Books, DB - UniCat KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Common good. KW - Group decision making. KW - Consensus (Sciences sociales) KW - Bien commun KW - Décision de groupe KW - crowdsourcing KW - Décision de groupe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5551477 AB - In this book, New Yorker columnist 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. With seemingly boundless erudition and in clear, entertaining prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, economic behaviorism, artificial intelligence, military history and political theory to show just how this principle offers important lessons for how e live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.--From publisher description. ER -