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Possible Quotes by James Surowiecki
- Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.
- Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group, especially…
- Critics of consumer capitalism like to think that consumers are manipulated and controlled by those who seek to sell them things, but for the most…
- Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low…
- There are certainly valid reasons for taking a company private, and it's also possible that C.E.O.s perform better when monitored by a small number of…
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- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood