Technology & Innovation — January 13, 2010

Will Crowdsourcing Make Us Smarter?

Today at 1pm EST, Big Think President and Co-Founder Peter Hopkins will be discussing crowdsourcing theory with New Yorker staff writer, James Surowiecki, author of “The Wisdom of Crowds.” The live interview will focus on the prospects of crowdsourcing and the creative use of new technologies to tap into new levels of ideation and innovation, intelligent prediction and solution-finding schemas. We highly encourage you to watch what will certainly be a highly informative interview here.

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