![]() ![]() Abercrombie’s exploration of human nature is wonderfully cynical. Then again, it’s not as though the elites do a much better job. ![]() Crowds-or mobs, if you will-are often short on wisdom and long on barbarism and savagery. ![]() Recall, by the end of The Trouble With Peace events were set in motion with the revolutionary Breakers and Burners and the big “reveal” of the true Weaver? Well it’s not a spoiler to say that this plays a very big part in The Wisdom Of Crowds, and the wisdom of crowds is used here with more than a little sardonicism. I haven’t read it, but I wonder if the choice in title on Abercrombie’s part is intentional-and purposefully ironic. “In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant-better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.” (For those of you who could use a “previously on” recap of the past two books before diving into this one, Joe has you covered at his blog).Ĭuriously, the novel shares the title with James Surowiecki’s non-fiction book of the same name. The Age Of Madness trilogy begins with A Little Hatred, continues with ever more surprising and galling twists and turns in The Trouble With Peace, and reaches its raucous, bloody conclusion in The Wisdom of Crowds. ![]()
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