Professionals are struggling to compete and models that have worked in the past are no longer effective.

Network

Profit

Competition

Professional

R&D

Content

Budget

Crowd

User-Generated

We overvalue and undercriticize artificial and collective intelligence and are devaluing the voice and knowledge of the individual.

Intelligence

Aggregate

Anonymous

Personality

Authorship

Collective

Individual

Accuracy

Volunteers

Resource

Print

Ownership

Collaboration

Content

Consumption

Criticism

Authority

Transparency

The wisdom comes from the debate and intersection of differing perspectives, not from one objective "truth".

everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D."

"The most efficient networks are those that link to the broadest range of information, knowledge, and experience."

"Hobbyists, parttimers, and dabblers suddenly have a market for their efforts, as smart companies in industries as disparate as pharmaceuticals and television discover ways to tap the latent talent of the crowd. The labor isn’t always free, but it costs a lot less than paying traditional employees. "

"The value is in the other people. If we start to believe the Internet itself is an entity that has something to say, we're devaluing those people and making ourselves into idiots."

"Knowledge is growing more broadly and immediately participatory and collaborative by the moment."

"The question that counts now is: the line between author and reader is blurring, whether we like it or not. How can we use that incontrovertible fact to all our benefit?"