tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post2194361785342373150..comments2024-03-27T05:04:39.476-07:00Comments on Museum 2.0: Quickie: Dumb Crowds, Smart CrowdsNina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-7659954296478923312007-01-05T08:51:00.000-08:002007-01-05T08:51:00.000-08:00Oh, what a marvelous post over there at CPU! Now ...Oh, what a marvelous post over there at CPU! Now I've got Suroweicki's book on order too. <br /><br />I like the closing line especially:<br /><br />"No matter what, I believe that in our quest to exploit the 'We' in Web, we must not sacrifice the 'I' in Internet."<br /><br />People are stupid, collectively, which is why I'm skeptical about Web 2.0 (and its disaggregation-enabling potential). People can also be great, collectively, but it's because their power is harnessed and directed by leaders within the crowd. <br /><br />...then again, was it Tolstoy's theory of history that said that great leaders are just driven by the upwelling masses beneath them? Maybe no one's in control -- decision-making is an emergent property?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com