collective intelligence for real-time sensemaking

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Wisdom of crowds


the question is: how to control the sample?

3 conditions for wisdoms of crowds

• Agents must possess tacit knowledge of the situation they are making a judgement on

• Agents must not be aware of what other other agents have guessed

• No major personal stake in the outcome


ordinary networks that can be activated for extraordinary need


Cartoon courtesy of Gaping Void

human meta-data


Indexing between Points

Clustering toward the left of the triangle would imply a bias toward a capability- and ability-driven approach, whereas clustering to the right would imply that meritocracy has inculcated a highly individualistic and competitive approach, which does not necessarily take into account the need to have achieved success through one’s own merit (i.e. elitist). If clustering occurs toward the bottom of the triad, it would imply a cynical populace that possesses the perspective that equity is an empty concept.

Concept of meritocracy How it is experienced and constructed by the populace. The way the apices, together with the different angles are constructed represent different ways in which the concept is composed



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