Crowds Quote 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.

— James Surowiecki

Groups are only smart when there is a balance between the information that everyone in the group shares and the information that each of…

— James Surowiecki

Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

— James Surowiecki

For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent…

— James Surowiecki

The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence doesn't imply…

— James Surowiecki

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group,…

— James Surowiecki

The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.

— James Surowiecki

The problem with a group is, the more people you add, the lower the average IQ.

— William Binney

For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.

— Michael Shermer

“The core idea behind the wisdom of crowds effect is that diverse knowledge and expertise is being collected and aggregated. Essentially, it argues that…

— Rich Jolly

“Groups are capable of being as moral and inteligent as the individuals who form them; a crowd is chaotic, has no purpose of its…

— Aldous Huxley

Diverse groups of problem solvers outperformed the groups of the best individuals at solving complex problems. The reason: the diverse groups got stuck less…

— Scott E. Page