W1-1. Why are you taking this class? / ji eun Bang

Why are you taking this class?

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An ordinary majority is better than a smart minority-James SuroWiecki

 In a book called "The Wisdom of Crowds," James SuroWiecki told through experiments, the story that a combination of multiple gut feelings produces better results than one good gut feeling.

 Collective intelligence means more effective and greater power when the thoughts of ordinary people come together. With the advent of the Internet, it became an information age and a new type of knowledge revolution. In the information age, information is an essential element for us to the extent that there is a power gap depending on who has access to more information.(There is even a term for information alienation.-It means the alienation felt by people who do not have proper information in the information society.)
Human beings are made up of various members in society, and they are very diverse in perspective. Human beings are constantly sharing opinions and living together. People put their heads together and constantly accumulate knowledge and experience to give us information. And people have a characteristic that they want to share what they know. The sharing of knowledge has made our lives convenient.

Wikipedia gives anyone the right to write and edit content at will. Many people can share their opinions, share and modify feedback, and share information from various perspectives.
In the era of globalization, anyone can participate regardless of the country and a total of 280 languages can be translated and used regardless of country. In other words, Wikipedia is like a website that reflects democracy.

Collective intelligence is the process of creating knowledge, not knowledge itself. I think Wikipedia is a website that represents collective intelligence.

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