In his post, Why data matters, on the Official Google Blog, Hal Varian writes about the “wisdom of the crowds.”
Mr. Varian needs to check the Google Zeitgeist. The wisdom of the crowds? Sounds like the wisdom of the mob (not the Mob).
Tag Archives: internet
Economist ≠ Socialogist
04-Mar-08What? Me, Unplug?
04-Mar-08A great blog post by brought these three articles to my attention:
Less Television and Computer Gaming May Keep Children Slimmer. Granted, this is kind of a “duh,” however, the reason may not be what you think.
An Email Free Day
I Need a Virtual Break, No, Really.
What I find interesting in the last article is the term [...]
On the MSM
02-Nov-07Despite what you might think from reading my blog, I don’t want the mainstream media to fade away. I think the MSM thinks of itself as the “fourth branch of government,” thus, like many bureaucracies, is unable to change quickly. That is a major problem in the internet age, where 1 year is [...]
Who are you, really?
23-Oct-07This is not a rhetorical or philosophical question, but an internet question. One of the greatest things about the internet is its basic anonymity. The greatest weakness of the internet is its basic anonymity. Don’t misunderstand me, the internet is not even closely anonymous as many perceive it to be.
I recently received [...]
