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Collective intelligence in small teams

A new study co-authored by MIT researchers documents the existence of collective intelligence among groups of people who cooperate well, showing that such intelligence extends beyond the cognitive abilities of the groups’ individual members, and that the tendency to cooperate effectively is linked to the number of women in a group. Many social scientists have long contended that the ability of individuals to fare well on diverse cognitive tasks demonstrates the existence of a measurable level of intelligence in each person.

Jimmy Wales on Collaboration

I stumbled into cyberspace a long time ago and have been a participant observer ever since .

Cloud Cyberinfrastructure for Open Social Innovation

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