Academic Identity
I am assistant professor of Sociology at Barnard College. My book (and my dissertation research) is a comparative study of technology and futures trading, an ethnography of open outcry and electronic traders. My current research is on how art specialists price cultural commodities, particularly how categories and commensuration work in the secondary/resale fine arts market. I teach courses in economic sociology, organizations, and gender.
Professional Identity
I occasionally consult, focusing on organizational change, the future of technology and financial markets, and environmental markets. I do strategic assessments of markets, technology and organizational design, with qualitative and quantitative components. If you are interested, please email me.
Personal Identity
I grew up outside Chicago, and went to school(s) at Wesleyan University, USC, and Northwestern University. I currently live in New York, with a partner who is a marketing manager for an educational nonprofit. I love movies, like to cook, and I can do a mean lindy swing out. I am INTP.
February 14, 2007
times when crowds suck, first in a series
Filed under: Daily — Peter @ 1:47 pm
Just to keep a personal marker, and because I’m becoming more and more convinced that there is some serious sampling on the dependent variable in information market / crowd accumulation for the purposes of forecasting, of times when crowds v experts don’t sit well with crowds.
The full story/report is at Foreign Policy/Center for American Progress, but the point to highlight is the ‘public perception’ versus the expert community (page 6 of the report). How can we test to see if people are stupid or smart vis-a-vis the experts in this case?
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