It turns out that when you let people know what other people think, the popular things become more popular. But at the same time, it becomes harder to predict what will be popular.

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If you shoot the C.E.O., they'll hire another one. The job will still get done.

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If a lot of people independently vote for a song, we are going to call that quality.

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The very best songs never do terribly but they can only do OK.

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