Title:
Big mind : how collective intelligence can change our world / Geoff Mulgan.
Author:
Mulgan, Geoff, author.
Publication Information:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
Q337.3 .M84 2018
Abstract:
"A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind"--Human and machine capabilities working together--has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results? Gathering insights from diverse fields, including philosophy, computer science, and biology, Big Mind reveals how collective intelligence can guide corporations, governments, universities, and societies to make the most of human brains and digital technologies. Geoff Mulgan explores how collective intelligence has to be consciously organized and orchestrated in order to harness its powers. He looks at recent experiments mobilizing millions of people to solve problems, and at groundbreaking technology like Google Maps and Dove satellites. He also considers why organizations full of smart people and machines can make foolish mistakes--from investment banks losing billions to intelligence agencies misjudging geopolitical events--and shows how to avoid them. Highlighting differences between environments that stimulate intelligence and those that blunt it, Mulgan shows how human and machine intelligence could solve challenges in business, climate change, democracy, and public health. But for that to happen we'll need radically new professions, institutions, and ways of thinking. Informed by the latest work on data, web platforms, and artificial intelligence, Big Mind shows how collective intelligence could help us survive and thrive"--Publisher's website.
ISBN:
9780691170794
Physical Description:
viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Contents:
Introduction: Collective intelligence as a grand challenge --What is Collective Intelligence?. The paradox of a smart world -- The nature of collective intelligence in theory and practice -- Making Sense of Collective Intelligence as Choice. The functional elements of collective intelligence -- The infrastructures that support collective intelligence -- The organizing principles of collective intelligence -- Learning loops -- Cognitive economics and triggered hierarchies -- The autonomy of intelligence -- The collective in collective intelligence -- Self-suspicion and fighting the enemies of collective intelligence -- Collective Intelligence in Everyday Life. Mind-enhancing meetings and environments -- Problem solving : how cities and governments think -- Visible and invisible hands : economies and firms as collective intelligence -- The university as collective intelligence -- Democratic assembly -- How does a society think and create as a system? -- The rise of knowledge commons : it's for everyone -- Collective Intelligence as Expanded Possibility. Collective wisdom and progress in consciousness -- Afterword: The past and future of collective intelligence as a discipline -- Summary of the argument.
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