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December 02, 2008
Yesterday the New York Times published a great article about collective intelligence, "You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?"
It covers a lot of ground on this vital subject. But it misses a very important point.
This article joins others in framing the subject of "collective intelligence" in terms of (a) computerized, online, and other high-tech systems for (b) collective information gathering, forecasting, etc., (c) to empower marketing, investment strategies, consumerism, productivity, activist impact, government control, or people's general ability to track each other, individually or collectively.
But I suggest that collective intelligence is so much more than a way for one part of a whole system -- government agencies, advertisers, investors, activists -- to predict, control, track, or manipulate other parts of the system -- competitors, enemies, consumers, citizens, etc.
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posted by Tom Atlee on Tuesday December 2 2008
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May 08, 2008
A few days ago I stumbled on a new model for whole-system intelligence inspired by some work my friend Peggy Holman is doing with Journalism that Matters. These journalists are reexamining the kinds of stories they tell and their role in democracy, especially in light of how the rise of bloggers and other citizen journalists challenges mainstream media. Journalism that Matters is trying to revision that challenge into a create leap for the whole field.
I suspect this model is a draft and will shift over the coming months. This original version takes the form of four overlapping circles -- INFORMATION, CONVERSATION, VISION, and ACTION -- arranged in a circle such that they flow round and round to generate collective intelligence -- an iterative, creative, collective learning cycle. Here's how it goes:
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posted by Tom Atlee on Thursday May 8 2008
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May 11, 2005
As I look at our current situation from an evolutionary perspective, the thing that strikes me most about homo sapiens is that we keep creating bigger, deeper, broader effects without attending to the long-term consequences of what we are doing. Intelligence is supposed to help us deal with that. But there seem to be a lot of holes in our intelligence bucket.
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posted by Tom Atlee on Wednesday May 11 2005
updated on Saturday September 24 2005
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September 05, 2004
Many people equate "co-intelligence" and "collective intelligence." That is OK in everyday usage, but it can impoverish our language when these two terms are equated in more formal work.
I believe it is very useful to keep the two phrases separate to describe distinct phenomena. I'll try to describe here the distinctions I see, and hopefully you will find them useful.
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posted by Tom Atlee on Sunday September 5 2004
updated on Saturday September 24 2005
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Let Us Please Frame Collective Intelligence As Big As It Is
December 02, 2008
Whole System Learning and Evolution -- and the New Journalism
May 08, 2008
An Abundance of Collective Intelligence and Disaster - Why?
May 11, 2005
Distinguishing Co-Intelligence and Collective Intelligence
September 05, 2004
Polarization and Intelligence
September 05, 2004
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