The Swarm Goes 7 for 9 in Vegas

Last week, a group of football fans got together online to talk about the NFL and make predictions about Week 15.  What makes this newsworthy is how they connected, for it allowed them to tap their collective intelligence and make predictions that pummeled…
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A Swarm Responds to Black Friday

A Swarm Responds to Black Friday

Think about Black Friday for a moment. What comes to mind? For better or worse, two images define this uniquely American event. First, there's the unfortunate videos of sleep-deprived shoppers storming big box stores in search of deals. Second, we have the endless parade…
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And THE SWARM says…

And THE SWARM says…

Everyone has questions.  And the internet is full of answers, mostly from “experts” who claim to have insights worth reading on forums, blogs, tweets, and posts of all kinds.  But just because someone calls themselves a blogger or a columnist,…
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A live SWARM INTELLIGENCE ponders ANONYMOUS

A group claiming to represent online activist group, Anonymous, has vowed to release identifying information for 1,000 members of Ku Klux Klan on November 5th. Such cyber-vigilantism is a common tactic for the loosely organized hacker-collective, whose previous targets have…
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