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From the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence comes a fascinating look at the remarkable capacity for intelligence exhibited by groups of people and computers working together.

If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's another kind of entity that can be far smarter: groups of people. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Malone, the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, shows how groups of people working together in superminds -- like hierarchies, markets, democracies, and communities -- have been responsible for almost all human achievements in business, government, science, and beyond. And these collectively intelligent human groups are about to get much smarter.

Using dozens of striking examples and case studies, Malone shows how computers can help create more intelligent superminds simply by connecting humans to one another in a variety of rich, new ways. And although it will probably happen more gradually than many people expect, artificially intelligent computers will amplify the power of these superminds by doing increasingly complex kinds of thinking. Together, these changes will have far-reaching implications for everything from the way we buy groceries and plan business strategies to how we respond to climate change, and even for democracy itself. By understanding how these collectively intelligent groups work, we can learn how to harness their genius to achieve our human goals.

Drawing on cutting-edge science and insights from a remarkable range of disciplines, Superminds articulates a bold -- and utterly fascinating -- picture of the future that will change the ways you work and live, both with other people and with computers.

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File Size: 6051 KB
Print Length: 321 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0316349135
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 15, 2018)
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
Sold by: Hachette Book Group
Language: English
ASIN: B075CRYH51
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Fascinating and entertaining read!

June 10, 2018

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

From the first few pages I was drawn into this fascinating topic by the author’s engaging, highly readable style. As an average non-fiction reader, I really appreciate the way Malone takes complex information and ideas, and presents them in a clear, digestible and entertaining way. I found myself gaining new perspectives on how groups work and ways technology helps them work smarter. The author challenges assumptions like ‘the smarter the members, the smarter the group.’ The truth, as he points out, is far more interesting. He also shares lots of juicy, intriguing facets of his research, such as how women improve a group’s collective IQ. I often thought, this is good stuff that I can actually use in my own life! I love NPR’s Radiolab, and part of this book’s appeal is that it has the same ability to take a topic, even one we think we already understand, and give us fresh insights into age-old human and group dynamics while illuminating the incredible possibilities powered by the use of ever-accelerating computer technology. Excellent read!

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July 31, 2018

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Explains the OS of the universe yet is strategically practical for on-the-ground Earthy applications. I’m guessing now that my life work will be significantly derivative of this piece. Become part of the Supermind. Read it.

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A must-read for innovation leaders - and their CEOs

May 16, 2018

Format: Hardcover

This is thankfully not another management cookbook. Instead, it encourages the reader to drastically expand the notion of “group problem-solving” and sheds unprecedented light on how we can use machines to help people create novel solutions to hard problems. And for once, here’s a book that steps away from the “humans vs machines” discussion, and makes us think about how groups of people and machines are in the same team and race together to redefine the art of the possible.

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Demonstrates that amid the vast changes wrought by information technology, the human element remains central

May 21, 2018

Format: Hardcover

Provides a fascinating perspective on how information technology is actually changing the world. While smarter computers are certainly important, an even more important, albeit sometimes overlooked driver, has been hyperconnectivity: the ability of vast numbers of people to communicate with one another, at nearly zero cost, from anywhere and in real time.

The author shows how hyperconnectivity is leading to the creation of new kinds of superminds: “powerful combinations of individual minds.” Superminds have long existed, but the 21st century versions are far more potent than their predecessors, due to their greater scale and because human minds can now be augmented by ever more capable computers. But the human element remains central, and the author argues, will remain so for the foreseeable future.

The book marshals an impressive array or material from a broad range of disciplines to make sense of the changes that are occuring. In particular, it provides a measured and wise discussion of artificial intelligence (AI), a topic where hype has been in far greater supply than good sense of late.

Highly recommended as a field guide to the new ways human activity will be organized in the future and how these novel approaches can help to address some of biggest challenges we face.

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