Stephen Downes’ new column on e-Learn does a great job of showing that solving the informational cascade problem is more challenging than I had presented it to be in my own article on the topic. In fact, his own analysis reveals that the problem may be harder to solve than even he himself suggests. […]
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The Intractable Problem of Informational Cascades
Published by December 9th, 2004 in Emergence, Distributed Cognition, & Aggregation Science and Books I Like. 3 CommentsBook Recommendation: Why Societies Need Dissent
Published by August 28th, 2004 in Emergence, Distributed Cognition, & Aggregation Science, Books I Like and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsIf you liked my article on informational cascades then you will probably want to read Cass Sunstein’s Why Societies Need Dissent. Sunstein, a law professor at the University of Chicago, writes in detail about the impact of informational cascades on democratic dialogue, the rulings of panels of judges, and other critical areas related to civil […]
