Wisdom of the crowd in action. I feel like this wisdom isn't tapped into enough. We're often burdened with individual tasks and challenges while utilizing crow

Wisdom of the crowd in action. I feel like this wisdom isn't tapped into enough. We're often burdened with individual tasks and challenges while utilizing crowd knowledge is looked down upon or seen as an inferior solution finding mechanism. e.g. Imagine if companies worked together to figure out self-driving cars rather than compete?