14 July

One of our greatest prejudices is against 'the crowd' or 'mob' (of which we're all a part - it's a bizarre set of beliefs). Philip Tetlock is famous for studying expertise, and showing that groups of people - the crowd or mob - when properly organised, are always smarter than any individual. Much smarter. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/12/05/everybodys-an-expert