A look at collective intelligence

Collective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals. Collective intelligence is not merely a quantitative contribution of information from all cultures, it is also qualitative. The best-known collective intelligence example is political parties, which mobilize large numbers of people to form policy, select candidates and to finance and run election campaigns. Military units, trade unions, and corporations are focused on more narrow concerns but would satisfy some definitions of a genuine collective intelligence. Internet can also be a good example of collective intelligence.