An interesting post printed on the net today. (I like using this terminology, "printed on the net".) It discussed the downside of the Wisdom of the Crowds. It is a discussion that is much needed.
Herd mentality can always move a product, or spread a rumor. It can tell if something tastes good, or feels good or bad. It knows what is fun, or how to find a good time. But regarding more subtle things, groups are less useful. I have to refer to something I was once told:
Most people seek to belong like the drowning move towards life boats. To choose to unravel and follow your own path, requires a strength most do not possess.
But it is exactly this strength that creates shifts and innovation. Someone needs to develop a social site that gathers the input of individuals outside of groups. Any takers?
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