I’m not very convinced of the “wisdom of crowds.” There are numerous examples of how “the wisdom of crowds” is in fact the “idiocy of the mob.” Look at some political movements or some of the more extreme religions, for instance: a good few of these make no sense, but they have a lot of [...]
Watch Words
May 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Watching what people do is a powerful technique. Watch long enough and you may start to see some patterns emerge that are of significance. Google has provided us with a great tool to study what search terms people use. If you go to trends.google.com you can type in any combination of words and get a [...]
