Is a stranger trustworthy? You\’ll know in 20 seconds. I had this experience today when I had to sit down on a crowded train. I looked at someone and very quickly determined that they were someone I could trust to sit beside.
The Wisdom of Crowds, Revisited: When The Crowd Goes From Wise to Wrong | Artful Choice | Big Think. Interesting that PNAS suggest that crowds aren’t so wise after all. Nothing is ever so simple is it? I think that people often don’t realize the dueling nature of desires and thoughts they possess.
Amazon.com: The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships Your Coach in a Box 9781596594616: Clifford Nass, Corina Yen, Sean Pratt: Books. It had some great information from scientific experiments and the practical advice in how to make it work for you. If this book was rewritten to exclude the detail about the experiments and just report on the conclusions it would be more accessible. Still an excellent book for everyone to read.
