Collective intelligence, as envisioned by Jordan Hall, transcends the mere aggregation of individual knowledge and perspectives, evolving into a dynamic, emergent property of interconnected human minds working synergistically. It represents a higher order of cognition, enabled by the seamless integration of diverse skills, insights, and experiences through sophisticated communication networks and collaborative frameworks. This distributed intelligence harnesses the full potential of a community or system, enabling adaptive problem-solving and innovation that surpasses the capabilities of any single participant. In essence, it's the manifestation of a meta-consciousness, where the ensemble of human minds acts in concert, continually refining and expanding its repository of wisdom and ingenuity.
See also: distributed cognition, feedback loop, game theory, possibility space