Designing to Tap the Creativity of Crowds
In "Open Innovation: The Crowd Is Wise (When It's Focused)" in the July 19, 2009 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/internet/19unboxed.html, Steve Lohr notes that the winning...
View ArticleCo-Intelligence, Intense conflict, dialogue
A very knowlegeable colleague wrote me "As a believer in the principle of collective intelligence since the 1960s, I do however remain very cautious about how I would sense its manifestation in the...
View ArticleGlobalization and Collective Intelligence
A sociology student in France wrote to me, saying I'm interested in the concept of "collective intelligence". When I referred to Wikipedia, it was explained like this: "the anti-globalization movement...
View ArticleAreas for Strategic Action to Enhance Societal Collective Intelligence
I believe that any person or group wishing to catalyze the emergence of a sustainable civilization must take strategic action to enhance the collective intelligence of entire societies. (NOTE: The...
View ArticleIs the Citizen Initiative Review important for Environmentalists?
The Citizen Initiative Review is a major development on the road to sustainability. It should be supported and promoted by everyone involved with environmental, ecological, and sustainability issues....
View ArticleAn awesome video stimulates collective intelligence discussion
Macrowikinomics Murmuration is a beautiful and fascinating video. Many of the connections made by the commentator are thought-provoking. However, I suggest it may be not quite correct to say both (a)...
View ArticleWill Egypt Revolutionize Democracy Itself?
Thomas Friedman suggests that the special strength of Egypt's youth-led revolutionary movement has been "the fact that it represented every political strain, every segment and class in Egyptian...
View ArticleBacteria -- and the intelligence of individuals and collectives
Collective intelligence is not an abstraction. It is a real-world emergent phenomenon -- a phenomenon that ranges from collective stupidity to collective brilliance. It arises from interactions among...
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