Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
by Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams
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Author: Anthony D. Williams, Don TapscottEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2006-12-28
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Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
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Book Review: The Singularity is in Near Jeopardy.
Summary: 3 Stars
If nothing else this book has taught me that I don't necessarily have to agree with a book in order for it to be qualified as a "good book." In one sitting, I got through nearly 100 pages. So it only took a few days to exhaust the rest of it. The ideas are interesting and maybe even undeniable. We are indeed entering the era where massification means something completely different than what it once did. Users and Consumers -- in mass -- are literally taking the helm of ideation, creation and in some cases distribution. People I know who bought and read this book are now advocating that novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers etc. make their stories "open" for re-writing by the connected public. Those among my friends who fully support and participate in the notion of co-creation admit that it is a way to compensate for a lack of talent (writing a book and editing/tweaking what has already been written are two totally different things). 10 or 100 or 1000 moderately talented people might just equal 1 genius.
Of course, my other friends who I see as being exceptionally talented will have no part in this. And I can't blame them. They've already experienced an excess of moderately talented people decimating their work -- in the corporate board room. The singular vision vanishes, and not always for the better, when there are too many hacks hacking away at a defenseless idea.
Interestingly, the authors propose that corporations take that same process (which already exists in the boardroom) and open it up to an even larger population. This is a good formula for making something popular, I suppose. It also guarantees loyalty since people will have a sense of ownership of something they had a hand in creating. But whether this formula will result in true innovation is something this book responds with an affirming "yes", but leaves me suspicious of the response. The most convincing examples were in the areas of science and technology, where we do tend to find scattered geniuses all over the world. But the creative examples that were presented weren't quite convincing. Especially the brief anecdote of the movie "Snakes on a Plane" which had tremendous buzz that fizzled out after opening weekend sales. The movie, despite the input from the masses, ended up being weak. The novelty of the Wiki-Culture, as far as I can see, is popularity through participation. I support that. I just hope co-creatorship doesn't wipe out the platform of those singular women and men visionaries who can do fine all on their own.
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