The CIA's Intellipedia, based on Wikipedia software, attempts to capture the Hayekian process of aggregating dispersed intelligence information without monetary incentives, and works as long as knowledgeable people contribute their bits of information and the system is protected from vandals.

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Speaker

Cass Sunstein

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the notion is to build on the what I think is a roughly Hayekian process of aggregating dispersed information... clearly in part a response to the intelligence failures connected with September 11th and the weapons of mass destruction

Source

Sunstein on Infotopia, Information and Decision-MakingEconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:35 AM

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