The Wisdom of Crowds
by By Surowiecki, James and Surowiecki, James (AFT)
Category: Social Science , Sociology , General

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.