@Randal'Thor well that isn’t official and could change at any minute! EJoshuaS had a flurry of Topic Challenge activity and kept surging ahead, they may yet streak out of reach!
Fredric Jameson is one of the few hard line Marxists in America today. He writes extensively on topics about capitalism, postmodernity, etc, all through the lens of Hegelian/Marxist dialectics, which is reflected in his writing. In fact, it is said that Jameson makes a living out of these so called
Heya, are questions about further understanding or applying an idea or framework presented in a particular book on topic? I want to ask about James Surowiecki's criteria for assessing group decisions presented in The Wisdom of Crowds, but I cannot find any good tags.
@user10478 I'm not quite sure what sort of question you're thinking of - something like this maybe?
(Is The Wisdom of Crowds on-topic? I haven't heard of it before, but from a quick glance at the Wikipedia page, it doesn't look much like "literature" - although we do take a very loose and permissive interpretation of that word for this site.)
Hmm, I took literature to mean anything in a book. I was going to post this question hastebin.com/joteseyoki.sql Maybe it would be better for another SE?
But I glanced at Bill, and hesitated. He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw on the face of a dumb or a talking brute.
[The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry]
The word “brute” has several meanings:
1 A savagely violent person or animal.
1.1 informal A cruel or insensitive person.
...
In The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki, several criteria are put forward for evaluating the likely quality of a crowd's decisions. Different parts of the book state different numbers of criteria, but the book's Wikipedia entry lists five; diversity of opinion, independence, decentralization...
But I glanced at Bill, and hesitated. He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw on the face of a dumb or a talking brute.
[The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry]
The word “brute” has several meanings:
1 A savagely violent person or animal.
1.1 informal A cruel or insensitive person.
...
