The Contemplative Craft Crowdsourcing usually refers to the aggregation of small decisions made by a lot of people. For example, aggregating the votes on a singer on American Idol is crowdsourcing. While much judgement might have gone behind the decision, the decision itself is simple. Voting in general - whether for presidents or for performers - is a crowdsourcing problem. Another tacit assumption behind crowdsourcing is that the decisions are taken at about the same time - while voting is spread across a whole day, a day is a relatively short time in the life of a presidency.The internet is the ideal medium for aggregation. Crowdsourcing usually refers to the aggregation of small decisions made by a lot of people. For example, aggregating the votes on a singer on American Idol is crowdsourcing. Amazon's
The Contemplative Craft. Weekly Newsletter #9
The Contemplative Craft. Weekly Newsletter #9
The Contemplative Craft. Weekly Newsletter #9
The Contemplative Craft Crowdsourcing usually refers to the aggregation of small decisions made by a lot of people. For example, aggregating the votes on a singer on American Idol is crowdsourcing. While much judgement might have gone behind the decision, the decision itself is simple. Voting in general - whether for presidents or for performers - is a crowdsourcing problem. Another tacit assumption behind crowdsourcing is that the decisions are taken at about the same time - while voting is spread across a whole day, a day is a relatively short time in the life of a presidency.The internet is the ideal medium for aggregation. Crowdsourcing usually refers to the aggregation of small decisions made by a lot of people. For example, aggregating the votes on a singer on American Idol is crowdsourcing. Amazon's