Nikki Springer: 3 books
James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds
Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economics, Societies, and Nations
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
In The Wisdom of Crowds, New Yorker columnist, Surowiecki, explores the question of whether the many are better than an elite few – no matter their qualifications – at solving problems, promoting innovation and making wise decisions. Surowiecki’s text uses multiple case studies and touches on...
by Nikki Springer
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Rachel Carson’s 1962 Silent Spring is one of the few books that can claim to be epoch-making. Its closely reasoned attack on the use of pesticides in American agriculture helped thrust environmental consciousness to the fore of modern politics and policy, creating the regulatory landscape we know...
by Nikki Springer
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
William Whyte’s core idea in The Organization Man is that the Protestant Ethic that characterized financial and personal success in American history had been replaced in modern times by the Social Ethic. This stressed the group as the source of creativity and emphasized that the greatest need of...