When Robert E. Goff and I decided to co-author a book employing our collective knowledge of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the medical and debt collections industries to expose their inequities and shortfalls, we had no idea of the amount of work - and by that, I mean teamwork - that would be required.
The patient receives the doctor's best treatment advice based on the collective knowledge of the team.
Similarly, professional networks and the collective knowledge of how things are done are still developing.
To the extent that Intrade forecasts work, they incorporate the collective knowledge of bettors.
The F.B.I. did not have the capability to link the collective knowledge of agents in the field to national priorities.
Unless you're religious, the collective knowledge of people is the closest thing we have to omniscience at our fingertips.
In aggregate, these maps are similar to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, in that they reflect the collective knowledge of millions of contributors.
One suggestion is, "Join a professional organization for your trade": "You are not alone, so take advantage of the collective knowledge of your fellow professionals".
Like the plays of Shakespeare or the songs of Irving Berlin, Spock's precepts have sunk so deeply into our collective knowledge of the world that it is surprising to think that they were actually made up by someone.
Only time will tell how Jenner's body and appearance – and how our collective knowledge of his past – will affect the public's perception of what it means to be trans.
In summation Conscious Me has the potential to be an incredibly useful global resource, and a brilliant way of pooling our collective knowledge of all the marvellous things happening in the world.
