Monthly Archives: January 2009

Joseph Stiglitz on The Oracle with Max Keiser

Basically, Joseph Stiglitz said that the early academic-only prediction markets were rather good, but when they became more popular, they got being manipulated. Instead of asking for the evidence on that, Max Keiser nodded his approval. Well, to be fair, … Continue reading

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Gerard Cunningham, president of BetFair USA (The Sporting Exchange USA)

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How can people and computers be connected so that collectively they act more intelligently than any individual, group, or computer has ever done before?

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence: Collective intelligence is groups of individuals doing things collectively that seem intelligent. -

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Carbon dioxide forms approximately 0.04% of the Earth’s atmosphere.

It is only a trace gas in the atmosphere. -

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Robin Hanson’s nemesis on prediction markets

World-Wide Web Exclusive (please, credit “Midas Oracle”) On tomorrow’s The Oracle show run by Max Keiser, Joseph Stiglitz (on his way to Davos) talks about prediction markets. Check the BBC World News website for local times. I will re-publish the … Continue reading

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Problem commenting on Midas Oracle

Solved. It was due to the compression done by the Super Cache. I have disabled the compression (not the cache, which is useful to alleviate pressure on the server). You can now click on one blog post, log in from … Continue reading

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You’re the first to know that, because you’re listening to midasoracle.org, the group blog that digs deep to deliver you the latest on anything related to prediction markets (including rumors, bombastic statements and odd factoids).

According to a source, Robin Hanson is awaiting delivery of a brand-new Apple Macintosh MacBook Pro 17″. – Previously -

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Handbook of Collective Intelligence

MIT CCI’s Handbook of Collective Intelligence Much better now than when I checked some months ago. Do check their section on prediction markets. -

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Mike Knesevitch

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Business Value

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