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James Surowiecki

"The fact that cognitive diversity matters does not mean that if you assemble a group of diverse but thoroughly uninformed people, their collective wisdom will be smarter than an expert's. But if you can assemble a diverse group of people who possess varying degrees of knowledge and insight, you're better off entrusting it with major decisions rather than leaving them in the hands of one or two people, no matter how smart those people are."

Source : James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.31, Anchor

James Surowiecki

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“I just bought a great gift for my boss - a leaky ant farm.”
“Social media is the basis of my career. Since I was a kid I've always used the Internet as a space to express myself creatively.”

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“If you don't have any haters, you're not that gifted.”
“I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.”
“My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. You know, musicians need it, comedians definitely need it. It doesn't matter what size and what club, whether it's 30 people in the club or 2,000 in a hall or a theater. It's live, it's symbiotic, you need it.”
“What I want to be best at is being a dad. There's no room for sucky dads, and that's another thing I'm proud of my bandmates for - they're all really good parents.”
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is some thing in them.”
“Let us be different in our homes. Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their "rightness." The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them--out loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (2012). “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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