Comments on: Influencing the Crowds Wisdom http://almaer.com/blog/influencing-the-crowds-wisdom blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:08:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason Yip http://almaer.com/blog/influencing-the-crowds-wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-32228 Jason Yip Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:15:20 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/influencing-the-crowds-wisdom#comment-32228 "So, for the best outcomes, I think that it is better to not allow people to see what others have said about a given issue before they have voted." That's pretty much the message in The Wisdom of Crowds. However, you usually only need one person to speak up against the crowd. http://www.vitalsmarts.com/CrucialSkills/FreeStuff/Newsletter/NewsletterItem.aspx?UID=d18313b2-fb28-4bd8-87f1-91dc9c5d51ae&ReferralURL=/CrucialSkills/FreeStuff/Newsletter/Archives.aspx “So, for the best outcomes, I think that it is better to not allow people to see what others have said about a given issue before they have voted.”

That’s pretty much the message in The Wisdom of Crowds.

However, you usually only need one person to speak up against the crowd.

http://www.vitalsmarts.com/CrucialSkills/FreeStuff/Newsletter/NewsletterItem.aspx?UID=d18313b2-fb28-4bd8-87f1-91dc9c5d51ae&ReferralURL=/CrucialSkills/FreeStuff/Newsletter/Archives.aspx

]]> By: GB http://almaer.com/blog/influencing-the-crowds-wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-32227 GB Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:58:28 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/influencing-the-crowds-wisdom#comment-32227 As a wise friend once said: "Lots of people eating Mars bars doesn't make Mars the best chocolate in the world". As a wise friend once said: “Lots of people eating Mars bars doesn’t make Mars the best chocolate in the world”.

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