Creativity by committee is death by ontology. Splitting hairs is how committees avoid conflict and create enough crappy turf for all.
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What's the relationship between creativity by committee and "the wisdom of crowds"?
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none. If you look into WoC lit, you'll notice that it relies on PRIVATE knowledge with later coordination, not groupthink.
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Ahh, so WoC purposefully delays collaboration, similar to interviewing eye-witnesses separately, before they get a chance to converse.
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Precisely. Read Surowiecki book. Designs use two-phase private knowledge phase and coordination/pooling phase.

