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EASy is a story of about the real IT industry.
If you work in IT you already know the story.
Private Information
Well no, I’m not going to divulge some deep, dark secret; simply because I choose not to. Private information is something we all take for granted, but it is absolutely central to the way the world works. Computers cannot boast the same quality, especially when they are networked. It seems that any school dropout, who was probably too bright for school anyway, can hack into Defence Department systems. We humans are not networked and apart from torture we can choose to share whatever information or misinformation we desire – and no one knows the difference.
Does Having a Job Make You a Phony?
Taleb at his best here.
The Hive Mind – Good for Bees
The business schools, consultancies and commentators have a new word – the ‘crowd’. Terms such as ‘crowd intelligence’, ‘wisdom of the crowd’ and other unsubstantiated ideas are making their way into contemporary business speak, and soon there will be a rash of airport lounge books telling managers how to make the ‘crowd mind’ work for them. So let’s look at the evidence.