Ignite Mumbai: Past, Present and Future of socities

The wisdom of the crowd
And how Star Wars, Avatar and Isaac Asimov have been right all along.

The original cave man dude …

He heard stuff, saw things and told others …

Voila! We have the evolved internet dude

Goldcorp finds 9B $ worth gold via online contest

Wikipedia has 8M+ articles: 31 employees (?)

Fold.it – Crowd plays puzzle game to fold protein molecules and contribute to R&D for AIDS cure

2009 – Tweets reach faster than earthquake waves

Yahoo Answers - 750M+ queries answered
* However weird the queries might be

2010 – Twitter predicts Oscars by 91% accuracy

Can this be the future of our crowds?

Foundation Novels: Statistics applied to large groups of people predicts future of society
* It’s called Psychohistory

Use the force, Luke!

Whole planet as a telepathic group consciousness?

You are always a part of the crowd. Think about it!

Learning how to stand out is the key to success

by Aditya Rao on May 05, 2010