James Surowiecki

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: 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 boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.

Surowiecki ilk basta sagduyuya ters dusen bu fikrin gercek dunyamizda nasil hayata gectigini; pop-kultur, psikoloji, karinca biyolojisi, ekonomik davraniscilik, yapay zeki, askeri tarih ve siyaset kurami gibi cok farkli alanlara girip cikarak gosteriyor. Ileri surdugu incelikli argumanlari gunluk yasantimizdan hepimizin asina oldugu orneklerle onumuze Beklediginiz sira neden daima en uzunudur? Dunyanin herhangi bir yerinde aldiginiz bir somun, binlerce kilometre otedeki bir civataya nasil tami tamina uyar? Ulusal TV kanallari neden bu kadar berbattir? Trafik sikisikliklari neden olur? Bir TV yarismasinda para kazanmanin en iyi yolu nedir? Hollywood yapimi Mafya filmleri, buyuk sirket gruplarinin varlik nedeni hakkinda bize ne ogretir?.. "Her yanimizi uzmanlarin kusattigi bir donemde, Surowiecki bu seckinlere daha az, kolektif aklimiza daha fazla guvenmemiz gerektigini soyluyor. Asina oldugumuz konulari alip varsayimlarimizi altust ediyor ve bizi olaylara bambaska bir acidan ba

In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant. Groups are better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.This seemingly counterintuitive notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organized and how we live our daily lives. With seemingly boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, economic behaviorism, artificial intelligence, military history, and political theory to show just how this principle operates in the real world.Despite the sophistication of his arguments, Surowiecki presents them in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The examples he uses are all down-to-earth, surprising, and fun to ponder. Why is the line in which you're standing always the longest? Why is it that you can buy a screw anywhere in the world and it will fit a bolt bought ten-thousand miles away? Why is network television so awful? If you had to meet someone in Paris on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet? Why are there traffic jams? What's the best way to win money on a game show? Why, when you walk into a convenience store at 2:00 A.M. to buy a quart of orange juice, is it there waiting for you? What do Hollywood mafia movies have to teach us about why corporations exist?The Wisdom of Crowds is a brilliant but accessible biography of an idea, one with important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, conduct our business, and think about our world.