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Power from the people: crowdsourcing the constitution
April 18, 2012Share To a crowdsourcing evangelist like me, the idea of a crowdsourced nation sounds like heaven on earth. Just think: a country where the wisdom of crowds trumps the ulterior motives of politicians, and the people rule supreme. But despite my limitless optimism, I can’t help thinking that the people are also responsible for littering, traffic jams and the career of Justin …
Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, crowdsourcing, Iceland, Justin Bieber, microtask, microwork, Scottish Assembly, United States, White House | 1 CommentFree from the chains: how crowdfunding is changing game development
April 11, 2012Share For most new ventures, the funding process is the most malignant of the many necessary evils they have to overcome. For months, if not years, they must devote a huge portion of their resources towards one single goal: getting enough cash to carry on operations. When funders are enlightened and things go right, the payback can be huge. But when innovative, good ideas are …
Brian Fargo, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Double Fine Productions, Graphic adventure game, Kickstarter, Long Tail, microtask, microwork, monkey island, Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer | Leave a commentKeep Watching the Iron Skies!
April 4, 2012 Share Forget about global warming, zombie apocalypses, Mayan prophecies and asteroid impacts. Those things are all absurd. What you should be worried about is an impending invasion by moon Nazis. They’re up there, in their secret moon base waiting to return to Earth and complete their plans for world domination.
That’s according to the plot of Iron Sky , a new …
Kony 2012: the crowd to the rescue?
March 28, 2012 Share Unless you’re a solitary hermit with no Facebook friends, you’ll have seen the Kony 2012 film , which racked up an astonishing 70m hits in its first week. You may also have heard the criticisms of Invisible Children, the charity behind the film, and read the charity’s response to its critics.
Leaving aside these issues, the nature of the campaign and its …
When stupid beats smart: the power of collective ignorance
March 21, 2012 Share The human brain is an amazing thing. A few pounds of gray matter has taken us from eating bananas in the trees to walking on the moon (it’s also brought us LOLcats, the Car Laptop Tray and Maailmanennätys muurahaispesässä, but still: the moon). With our heads filled with crackling synapses, it’s easy to feel smug about our computational prowess.
But if the …
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