Shanghai's skyline. Image: Aku Virtanen (Flickr)And now for some lighter news:
Those of you who joined us on our Futures Expedition to Shanghai in May will be delighted to hear that S)T's assessment of that city -- as a model for the future of China and Asia as a whole -- has been confirmed by noted futurist Paris Hiton. You can read her comments here.
This has to come as a big relief to our man in China, John Cashman, whose work in that city is now validated.
Thanks, Paris!
Image: Rachael Voorhees (Flickr)One of the big ideas to arise in recent years from the disintermediary effects of the Internet is crowdsourcing--the idea that as technology connects us, information requests and other work can be distributed to a wide range of people, all of whom can contribute to completing the task. The benefit of crowdsourcing is that it allows the user access to a wider array of knowledge and talent than he possesses...when it works.
But just like the aphorism that a chain is only as strong as the weakest link, crowdsourcing is only as valuable as the resources available, and vulnerable to misdirection. And, let’s face it, few believe that mobs make the smartest decisions.
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