Are you a slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging citizen? I'll confess. I am. I'm proud of it. Now, if you want a real eye-opener, allow me to introduce you to a small book, a quick read: The Wisdom of Crowds by Jame Suroweiki. I contains some interesting examples, scientifically based, demonstrating how the crowd is often wiser than those intellectual elitists who insist on managing our lives for us. You should give it a read
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