Infotopia : How Many Minds Produce Knowledge.
Title:
Infotopia : How Many Minds Produce Knowledge.
Author:
Sunstein, Cass R.
ISBN:
9780198040798
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (178 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction Dreams and Nightmares -- Chapter 1 The (Occasional) Power of Numbers -- Chapter 2 The Surprising Failures of Deliberating Groups -- Chapter 3 Four Big Problems -- Chapter 4 Money, Prices, and Prediction Markets -- Chapter 5 Many Working Minds: Wikis, Open Source Software, and Blogs -- Chapter 6 Implications and Reforms -- Conclusion Realizing Promises -- Appendix Prediction Markets -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
How can we ensure that the accurate information emerges and is heeded? This book develops an optimistic understanding of the human potential to pool information, combat groupthink, and to use that knowledge to improve our lives.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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