Chapter 74 The Web Gave Us Our Modern "Greek Town Square"
The world of "Web 2.0" is built on the basis of "collective IQ".The so-called collective IQ is "to sum up the nonsense of 1,000 people and give birth to a piece of wisdom".
In the past, democracy followed the principle of the minority obeying the majority, and people's actions were carried out according to the wishes of the majority. Therefore, if the collective IQ cannot convince people, it will not work.Democracy can only be established under the premise that "the majority is right".
Looking back at the past elections, it can be said that many mistakes were made, but I think making mistakes is also part of the process of learning democracy. During this process, repeated discussions can improve the collective IQ.
However, this is not the case in Japan today.The Internet has repeatedly proved a powerful tool in elections in South Korea and the United States; in Japan, however, it has been completely ignored.In Japan, uninitiated citizens love to read e-magazines on the Internet that introduce the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's official residence.
In the ancient Greek era, if something happened to the country, citizens would gather in the "city square" (the central square where the citizens live) to discuss and then make a decision. The politics of the entire country was established on this basis.The citizens of ancient Greece found the correct answer through discussion.
If you know, you will marvel how wise and intelligent people were more than 2,000 years ago, and you will be impressed by their excellent dialogues.
In addition, Aristotle, who elevated the discussion to a theory, also showed the world his meticulous thinking and thinking.
It is really admirable that people more than 2,000 years ago were able to sit together and discuss questions that are not easy to answer, such as "what is truth?"Therefore, I believe that we, living in the 21st century, have no reason not to have some understanding of these issues.
In fact, the wisdom of ancient Greece is reflected in democracy. This is because the discussion is based on the participation of most people. During the discussion, the collective wisdom is revealed, and bad opinions are eliminated.This is human wisdom.
Of course, there are still many problems in the details.Still, I think it's great to hone your IQ through discussions.
In many historical periods, human IQ has been experienced in this way, and now it is even possible to build a "city square" in the virtual network world. Isn't this also a good time to experience IQ?
SNS (Social Networking Service, social network service), I named it "Agoria", which is based on "discussions around the world".
When a problem occurs, people on "Agoria" will conduct discussions and research, and on this basis, exchange and integrate the experience of success and failure, and then save these valuable experiences, and the collective IQ will gradually be experienced , so improving IQ is not an individual behavior, but a group behavior.
In the late 1980s, the United States also carried out such activities.
At that time, there were such groups and organizations all over the world, and the exchange of knowledge and experience was very frequent. From this, "CNBC" and "Bloomberg" were born, and an economic channel dedicated to serving knowledgeable investors was also set up.
The reason why I think the development of SNS is a good thing, because the people here are not necessarily very smart people, but they must all be practical people.In fact, I myself have learned a lot from my students.
Therefore, the network is very necessary for us, it is an indispensable tool to expand people's knowledge.
In fact, the network itself is a mechanical thing, as mentioned earlier, its essence is only "input and output", as for how to use it, it depends entirely on the user himself.
Depending on how you use it, the Internet can either help you improve yourself or hurt you.
Using the information exchanged on the Internet, if you just simply discuss "what's interesting" and "what are you doing recently", your IQ will soon decline.
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