Monthly Archives: June 2009

CrowdCast = Collective Forecasting = Collective Intelligence That Predicts

The fine people at CrowdCast (Mat Fogarty and Leslie Fine) are finally out today with their brand-new, no-trading, collective forecasting mechanism. The purpose is to aggregate information across one organization so as to generate the most objective business forecasts. The … Continue reading

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More info about CrowdCast’s brand-new collective forecasting mechanism in my next post –suspense, suspense…

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Chris Pirillo on HubDub’s prediction markets

Chris Pirillo on HubDub’s prediction markets

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Andrew Gelman makes more sense than Robin Hanson.

Andrew Gelman: I would go with the commonsensical view that academia is primarily an institution for teaching and research. I think of the credentialing as a byproduct. Sounds logical.

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James Surowiekci snubs Robin Hanson, and, in return, Robin Hanson mocks James Surowiekci.

Robin Hanson: I don’t really know if Surowiecki likes my proposal, or even knows of it. He’s never returned my emails, though maybe he’ll see this post. I suspect that he sees my proposal is too “out there” to befit … Continue reading

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The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of FaceBook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

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BREAKING NEWS: THE DARK AGE IS OFFICIALLY OVER.

How do I know that? Well, yesterday, the ultra Yahoo!-fanboy David “I like curry” Pennock has finally registered with Google Webmaster Tool (in addition to Yahoo! Site Explorer). So, yesterday, his Yahoo! fanaticism ended for ever, and we will all … Continue reading

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Andrew Gelman teaches a valuable lesson to Robin Hanson: Quit bragging about your high IQ, man.

“there’s more to life –even to academic life– than being smart and insightful.” Excellent point.

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WordPress blog hacked: What to do, now?

A nasty hacker has taught a lesson to research scientist David Pennock. The lesson is that our WordPress blogs are not secure, and we should be pro-active in reinforcing their line of defense. David Pennock’s post describing how his blog … Continue reading

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Wimbledon Betting Markets

Whilst Vaughan Williams’ research on the horse race betting market is highly supportive of the notion that transaction costs are a barrier to efficiency, recent research by David Forrest and Ian McHale, lecturers at the University of Salford, has highlighted … Continue reading

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