James Surowiecki

This struck me as pop management insights: a casual hypothesis with patchy evidence. The examples provided seem cherry-picked, and there is little effort to provide counter-examples or opposing claims. The central idea is worthy of a paper, but the book-length treatment does not build a compelling argument worthy of more than a brief mention in a business studies class.

Not fantastic writing, but very very interesting ideas. Put a bunch of ppl together, if each one has a >50% chance of guessing right on something, the change of the group guessing right approaches 100%

Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, encouraging innovation, making wise decisions, and even predicting the future—as explored in this fascinating book by New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki.