Infotopia - How Many Minds Produce Knowledge (Hardcover, annotated edition)

The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded? Cass R. Sunstein here develops a deeply optimistic understanding of the human potential to pool information, combat groupthink, and to use that knowledge to improve our lives. New ways, many Internet-based, to share and aggregate information-including wikis, open-source software, and prediction markets-are helping companies, schools, governments, and individuals not only to acquire, but also to create, ever-growing bodies of accurate knowledge without succumbing to the dangers of a hive-mind mentality. In a world where opinion and anecdote increasingly compete on equal footing with hard evidence, the on-line effort of many minds coming together could provide the best path to infotopia.

General

Imprint:	Oxford University Press Inc, USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Cass R. Sunstein (Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence)
Dimensions:	212 x 145 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	273
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-518928-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-518928-0
Barcode:	9780195189285

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