Preface vii Introduction Collective Intelligence as a Grand Challenge 1 Part I What Is Collective Intelligence? 9 1 The Paradox of a Smart World 11 2 The Nature of Collective Intelligence in Theory and Practice 14 Part II Making Sense of Collective Intelligence as Choice 33 3 The Functional Elements of Collective Intelligence 35 4 The Infrastructures That Support Collective Intelligence 48 5 The Organizing Principles of Collective Intelligence 60 6 Learning Loops 70 7 Cognitive Economics and Triggered Hierarchies 76 8 The Autonomy of Intelligence 90 9 The Collective in Collective Intelligence 99 10 Self-Suspicion and Fighting the Enemies of Collective Intelligence 119 Part III Collective Intelligence in Everyday Life 129 11 Mind-Enhancing Meetings and Environments 131 12 Problem Solving: How Cities and Governments Think 145 13 Visible and Invisible Hands: Economies and Firms as Collective Intelligence 161 14 The University as Collective Intelligence 174 15 Democratic Assembly 181 16 How Does a Society Think and Create as a System? 193 17 The Rise of Knowledge Commons: It's for Everyone 200 Part IV Collective Intelligence as Expanded Possibility 215 18 Collective Wisdom and Progress in Consciousness 217 Afterword: The Past and Future of Collective Intelligence as a Discipline 229 Summary of the Argument 237 Notes 239 Index 263
Geoff Mulgan is chief executive of Nesta, the UK's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and a senior visiting scholar at Harvard University's Ash Center. He was the founder of the think tank Demos and director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and head of policy under Tony Blair. His books include The Locust and the Bee (Princeton) and Good and Bad Power (Penguin).
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