O'Reilly: Redefining the elusive Web 2.0

"collective intelligence"?: Doesn't this run contrary to the well established notion that one should never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups?

I think if you follow "collective intelligence" then you end up with numbing conformity. Most new ideas have come from mavericks more prepared to stand up for their ideas than fit in with the crowd.

I think we can therefore see Web 2.0 at best as an invitation to mediocrity, at worst as the start of something altogether more sinister (in what other societies has collective thinking been praised as a higher good than individuals independently using their reason?).; Posted by: jorwell Posted on: 12/11/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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