James Surowiecki Quotes

Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

Medical tourism can be considered a kind of import: instead of the product coming to the consumer, as it does with cars or sneakers, the consumer is going to the product.

Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way - that is, without anyone really directing their efforts in a particular direction - and still trust that they're going to come up with good answers.

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features and book-length manuals, and cars with dashboard systems worthy of the space shuttle.

In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives will prophesy disaster.

If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.

The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohib... -James Surowiecki

The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich.

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This quote criticizes the prohibition of sports betting, arguing that it parallels the negative consequences of the Prohibition era by empowering criminals and illegal activities.

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