Monthly Archives: June 2009

Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Ryan

Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week – and we have forecasts on how they’re likely … Continue reading →

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Paul Saffo – Effective Forecasting

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Changing the world thru organic marketing and more objective predictions?

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

I have a question for you, guys. – Do you think we could all start a movement and change the world? Midas Oracle = Internet Strategy + Collective Forecasting Our approach: Organic marketing Objective forecasting Our means: Mastering both the … Continue reading →

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eLab eXchange – Will Twitter Rule the World?

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Lawrence Wright

Will Twitter Rule the World? Rising along side of the social networking revolution, Twitter, the short message and microblogging service, has become nearly as popular as social network sites like Facebook. With China blocking Twitter on the anniversary of Tienanmen … Continue reading →

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Accurate prediction markets

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Stupidity, as defined by Prof Panos… Panos Ipeirotis: [...] It is largely stupid to call “successful” a continuous market that gets the average right but has a very high spread over the outcomes. Similarly, it is stupid to call a … Continue reading →

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The Automated Economy — by David Pennock

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

David Pennock is a now rock star… in India: – David Pennock’s post on The Automated Economy – Videos – The Automated Economy

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Koleman Strumpf on how weaker copyright protection benefits society

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Koleman Strumpf on how weaker copyright protection benefits society

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David Pennock on The Automated Economy

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- His post. It’s the closest I’ll ever be to a rock star. A handful of people wait patiently around me while I try to get to everyone. Eventually the PR folks rescue me and take me to a “high … Continue reading →

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Why did Brad DeLong pick on our Eric Zitzewitz?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jason Ruspini: It seemed like Delong interpreted the mere suggestion of 10% interest rates as a veiled attack on the Obama administration. That would explain the unfairly harsh and pedantic manner of his post. I think that Delong is right … Continue reading →

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How to Circumvent an Internet Proxy

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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