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== Motivation ==
After Dr Page's first lecture [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul] posted a [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Measuring_diversity_of_expressed_thought_in_the_blogosphere  project description] for measuring diversity, particularly the point where enough diversity is present to be effective in producing collective intelligence. Later [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amir_Goldberg Amir] said: Why just look at where enough diversity starts? Why not look at what happens among a diverse group when they are together that causes their diversity to be diffused into homogeneity and their value as a diverse group lost? [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Joseph_DeRosa Joe] has been expressing similar thoughts in the realm of task-team formation and finding the optimal point of team dissolution, the point where most of the ideas have been shared and no more value remains for the group's continuance.<br>
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So lets throw some questions out there:<br>
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How do we define, measure and detect the boundary conditions for effective collective intelligence?<br>
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Is the future of such a group always decay into homogeneous redundancy or is some kind of evolution possible?<br>

This sounds really interesting! After reading this I've posted my tutorial offer for social choice theory, which may be useful to tackle these questions. [[Social Choice Theory and the problem of collective rationality]] Kai