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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blogged about what’s wrong with Web 2.0. Paul Wehage discusses why he just might be right…
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blogged about what’s wrong with Web 2.0. Paul Wehage discusses why he just might be right…
Internet data collection has become highly unreliable, as consumers disengage from the important questions that businesses wish to ask them. This practitioner is reaching the disheartening point where data based on a web survey merits very little trust any more.
An exploration of the Internet’s nature as a vehicle for communication, as well as the role of intent in the authorship of content. Integrity requires making oneself the sole arbiter of success.
In his book “The Wisdom of Crowds”, James Surowiecki approaches crowds with the assumption that each member, however diverse, has one thing in common: a desire to “get it right” with respect to finding solutions to whatever challenges they jointly face. But what happens when some members of the crowd want to get it wrong? Can the influence of a few outliers alter the apparent will of the masses?