Jason Lonsdale commented on 'The future of: futurism'
I've just been re-reading William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" -theres a wondeful passage that discusses how much harder it is to imagine the future now, compared to (for example) our grandparents...
View ArticleJason Lonsdale commented on 'The future of: futurism'
I see your point, but wonder about "the wisdom of crowds"... the crowds of the 50's anticipated jet-packs, silver suits and meals in pill form. We're still waiting. I think the wisdom of crowds is...
View ArticleJason Lonsdale commented on 'The future of: futurism'
Sounds like I need to read the book before continuing this conversation... (which I will, soon) Meanwhile, here's some food for thought: Malcolm Gladwell has written a great article on Epagogix and...
View ArticleJason Lonsdale commented on 'The future of: futurism'
sorry -that link was wrong -try this: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/01/the_dumbness_of.html
View ArticleJason Lonsdale commented on 'The future of: futurism'
There is a great post over at 'Creating Passionate Users' (http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/01/the_dumbness_of.html) that discusses the misconceptions about "the wisdom of...
View Articleblaiq commented on 'The future of: futurism'
Jason, you might have hit the nail on the head with the thousand monkeys on Typepad example. It's difficult having to disagree with William Gibson but they are different paradigms at play here. If...
View Articleblaiq commented on 'The future of: futurism'
The wisdom of crowds is a much misunderstood term. It does refer to the result of a large group of people thinking - but only in special circumstances. Not as a least common denominator/aggregate as it...
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