[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] List: wikipedia-l Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia, Emergence, and The Wisdom of Crowds From: Jimmy Wales <jwales () wikia ! com> Date: 2005年05月03日 18:35:34 Message-ID: 4277C476.3040803 () wikia ! com [Download RAW message or body] Joseph Reagle wrote: > I don't feel as if I need to defend Surowiecki, and I don't understand your > point, but I think he's made a useful contribution as your own example > demonstrates. I should point out that I like Surweicki's thesis just fine, it's just that I'm not convinced that "swarm intelligence" is very helpful in understanding how Wikipedia works -- in fact, it might be an impediment, because it leads us away from thinking about how the community interacts in a process of reasoned discourse. But it's a very useful way of looking at the world in many cases. --Jimbo _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]