WE ALL WIN!!

Crowd sourcing is a great idea, Its understandable that some of us may find the idea scarey. Imagine, a level playing field, a true meritocracy. Getting paid for results! I know it may sound counter productive, compared to the old method of group think and assembly line piece work. hourly wage slaves grinding away trying get overtime to make a living. or working several part time gigs to make ends meet. or paper pushing dilberts creating more paper to justify their salaries. With crowd sourcing everybody benefits.

-Employers don't have to have a fulltime staff

-Employees can work on their own schedule

-No need to have big cubicle farms to house bored workers

-No need for make work projects to justify workers salaries

-Fresh ideas which stimulate the corporate culture.


Utilizing Ideas rather than Experts

In the case of the innocentive the most amazing thing is the idea that of all the problems solved by crowd sourcing, the majority are solved by people not in the field. this is truely amazing ,and goes against everything I have been taught. just think about the ramifications of this. Nasa turning problems over to a cab driver in Des Moines, or Ottawa. Airline scheduling problems. conflict resolution issues solved by average Joans. or could you envision one day social issues such as homelessness, mental health issues could possibly have solutions prsented mot by M.d's but highschool drop outs who have a keen interest in social welfare.
the down side

- All those professionals will be out of a job.
- The authority of the deplomas, degrees decline.
- Professionals,experts ,will have to get up on their game.

Lets face it, Its a win win situation. regardless of how crowd sourcing works, there will always be the need for the experts to filter out all the really bad ideas, the non -working solutions suggested by the unwashed,( Just think of the great ideas your uncle harry came up with to stop world hunger.) nuff said. besides, why can't we get a chance at wrecking the world economy in same the way the experts at the world bank, the WTO and the folks that brought us the sub prime morgage deal have.
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