The problem with the human condition is that it involves humans. Bringing that condition online, fostering it with the Wisdom of Crowds philosophy, is slowly but surely proving what philosophers have said since humans first learned to write: the anonymous mob is powerful and passionate, but no more rational than an angry swarm of bees.
SEO wager with Jason Calacanis, then proceeds with advice about how to trick Diggers into digging your stories. Diggers don't trust anybody over 30, so appear youthful and be funny when possible. Cuz this cartoon. But when you cover this industry, you notice patterns: mature professionals lowering their denominators for the latest buzz-builders; more structured like Citizendum; Facebook users Wikipedia page, which outlines failures of crowd intelligence – too homogenous, too centralized, too imitative, too emotional – won't be changed before you get to see what I saw.
Humbly submitted by the elitist, iconoclastic, egghead jerk that I am.
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