Sublime

One is for a group’s leader to remind the members at the outset that they all have a large stake in the welfare of the group.

Lesson 3: Seek Diverse Solutions to the Problem

there are certain things we can do to encourage ourselves to work together.

Lesson 1: Compose the Decision-Making Group of Individuals with Shared Interests and Mutual Respect

Second, we foster good communication within the debating group, recognizing that this is how valuable information that is uncovered by one member will quickly reach the other members.

Lesson 2: Minimize the Leader’s Influence on the Group’s Thinking

Lesson 4: Aggregate the Group’s Knowledge through Debate

swarm bees choose their new home without a leader integrating information from different sources or telling the others what to do.

democratic group can vastly outperform a despotic individual, since a group’s power to explore for options can greatly surpass that of a lone individual. This is especially true if the group’s members are numerous, diverse, and independent.