Daily Diigo Discoveries 11/18/2008
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Robert J. Samuelson – Robert J. Samuelson: How to Bail Out General Motors – washingtonpost.com
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an initial job loss of 2.5 million.
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American production would virtually stop until new supplier arrangements emerged.
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GM already has $48 billion of debt.
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YouTube as a Source of Health Misinformation | Highlight HEALTH 2.0
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with all the reliable health information online, an equal or greater amount of misinformation also exists.
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the trouble with “The Wisdom of Crowds” or “Crowdsourcing” is that a group of people connected by a network doesn’t necessarily mean they will work together as or more effectively than in traditional organizations.
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Phil,
Interesting comment about crowdsourcing….. so is this like a 'harvesting of thoughts' where collaborative work is more like putting collective ideas to work…. I guess I am interested in the distinction….. especially as it pertains to how good ideas rise above the 'not so good' ones….
Kirsti
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Kirsti,
Good question. I think there's some overlap between crowdsourcing and wisdom of the crowd. I view crowdsourcing as way to gather ideas or solutions to a problem one person or group has to solve. The wisdom of the crow is a kind of collective result of larger collaborative efforts. That's just a rough stab I'm making.
I suppose the trick with crowd-wisdom is validity. How do we validate the wisdom of the crowd? That's a difficult problem, especially if the crowd is one of the few sources of potential wisdom.
Hmmm, some more thinking on this is worthwhile. Thanks for stopping by.