Information Society and Media DG: Who's Who in the Information Society and Media DG. Collective Stupidity. Computing ThoughtsCollective Stupidityby Bruce EckelAugust 5, 2008 Summary Why does a company full of smart people make stupid decisions?
How do we keep it from happening? The natural tendency may be just to make decisions that are acceptable and least-common-denominator; decisions that no one disagrees with -- because it's easier and less contentious. But this doesn't seem to be the path to success. Microsoft is an easy target right now, but it's because they're such a puzzle. Books - AJKeen Books. The People versus The Expert. On Friday afternoon The Next Web Conference hosted the world premiere of the documentary The truth according to Wikipedia from IJsbrand van Veelen.
The leading questions in the documentary were: Should we let just anyone state his or her opinion or should we leave the publishing of information to the experts? Could the openness of the web be dangerous? Who has the right to establish truth?