[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia, Emergence, and The Wisdom of Crowds

[Stirling Newberry]

On May 2, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> Alex Krupp wrote:
>> I think all Wikipedians would enjoy the book The Wisdom of Crowds by 
>> James Surowiecki. The basic premise is that crowds of relatively 
>> ignorant individuals make better decisions than small groups of 
>> experts. I'm sure everyone here agrees with this as Wikipedia is run 
>> this way
>
> It's probably interesting to note that a central theme when I give 
> public talks is precisely that Wikipedia is _not_ run this way, and 
> that wikipedia is _not_ an instance of "The Wisdom of Crowds".
>

Let us hope it stays that way.