James Surowiecki, the author of the Wisdom of Crowds, gives an inspiring speech about the power of social media and how people organise themselves in order to have a voice.

What I really like about his talk is that he challenges his own theory. He isn’t blind about the role of social networks in today society, as he underlines the difficulty for people to stay independent and therefore to have a personal take on things. “Once you are linked in the network, the network starts to shape your views and starts to shape your reactions with everybody else.[...] The groups are only smart when the people in them are as independent as possible.” This paradox of the Wisdom of crowds should enable us to keep our integrity and make the most of social connections.