Diverse in Opinion
By: GreatDecideBlog
This past week on The Hill’s Hillicon Valley technology blog, the founder of Fark.com Drew Curtis is quoted to have said
"The ‘wisdom of the crowds’ is the most ridiculous statement I’ve heard in my life. Crowds are dumb"
He goes on to say…
"It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter."
Everyone I’ve spoken to about this since reading this disagrees with him, so I guess he is right. Well… that’s kind of what you would have to conclude if he is correct to some extent, isn’t it? I think it’s interesting to look at the examples that were provided to justify this position, and without opening a political debate given their focus, it raises some interesting questions and a pretty compelling points regarding the nature of crowdsourcing.
I think it’s interesting to look at the examples that were provided to justify this position, and without opening a political debate given their focus, it raises some interesting questions and a pretty compelling points regarding the nature of crowdsourcing....
