Crowds Quote by Mary Parker Follett

“The theory of the “wisdom of crowds” says that if you aggregate many different opinions from a diverse group of people, you are much…

— Simon Kuper

“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

What my research has shown me is that experts tend on the whole to form very rigid camps; that within these camps, a dominant…

— Noreena Hertz

“At the root of all this is an inability among laypeople to understand that experts being wrong on occasion about certain issues is not…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Experts don't apply rules, make decisions or solve problems. They do what comes naturally, and it almost always works. When they fail it often…

— Robert J. Trotter

There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The…

— John Stuart Mill

People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.

— David Foster Wallace

It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.

— Drew Curtis

“Logical minds, accustomed to be convinced by a chain of somewhat close reasoning, cannot avoid having recourse to this mode of persuasion when addressing…

— Gustave Le Bon

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

— Jane Austen

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer