Thread by @dw2

At today's launch of Nesta's Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, @e_grobbi sets the scene by sharing a preliminary analysis of different tools that enhance #CollectiveIntelligence

Aims for today #CollectiveIntelligence

"CONSUL is the most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government... Used by cities and organizations all over the world" - #CollectiveIntelligence recommendation from @DecideMadrid consulproject.org/en/

The most interesting tool for #CollectiveIntelligence that I've seen today so far: Public Editor, showcased by @Nick_B_Adams - "a community generating credibility scores for the news" publiceditor.io

"Public Editor is a community generating credibility scores for the news. We work together to pinpoint strengths & weaknesses of news articles to create nonpartisan assessments... Combining assessments made by our community members, we overlay articles with a credibility score"

I've just signed the CrowdLaw Manifesto - 12 principles "To improve public trust in democratic institutions, [and] improve how we govern in the 21st century" - as highlighted by @bethnoveck at #CollectiveIntelligence manifesto.crowd.law

What's the biggest obstacle to wider adoption of #CollectiveIntelligence? @bethnoveck comments, "The missing discipline isn't design but political theory"

To mark today's launch of Nesta's Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, here's a short sub-thread from me on recent books that contain important insights relevant to better #CollectiveIntelligence (1/5)

"Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together" by Thomas W. Malone, covers 5 kinds of "supermind", and how AI can improve the performance of each kind amazon.co.uk/Superminds-Sur… #CollectiveIntelligence (2/5)

"The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding" by @dansperber and @hugoreasoning, argues boldly that human intelligence makes sense from an evolutionary point of view only as a collective interactionist activity amazon.co.uk/Enigma-Reason-… #CollectiveIntelligence (3/5)

"Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction" by @PTetlock and @dgardner features a fascinating analysis of the characteristics of the best individual forecasters and the best forecasting teams amazon.co.uk/Superforecasti… #CollectiveIntelligence (4/5)

"Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World" by @geoffmulgan shares advice on the organisation & protection of our data commons, the need for clear, big social goals to focus political attention, and much more amazon.co.uk/Big-Mind-Colle… #CollectiveIntelligence (5/5)

See the picture for an even shorter summary of the key highlights of these four recent books that are relevant to #CollectiveIntelligence