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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Type “GE Imagination Market” in Google, and you’ll see prediction market journalism, *first* —and, after that, the spin done by the companies in question.
Posted in Midas Oracle Statistics, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Google Search, Midas Oracle, Open Media, search, Search Engines
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Eric Zitzewitz wanna bet with Brad DeLong.
Brad DeLong bended Eric Zitzewitz’s ear, and now our Dartmouth padawan wants a bet: Brad, The post you refer to is a follow up post to a post in March that does a similar analysis about the S&P 500. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/quantifying-the-nightmare-scenarios/ … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Economics, Finance, The Global Economy
Tagged bets, Betting, Brad DeLong, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, Finance, long-term interests
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BetFair and Yahoo! are not part of the World Wide Web Consortium — but Google is in.
World Wide Web Consortium — Members If my memory is correct, BetFair was a member of 3W, years ago. (Niall?)
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, The Internet
Tagged BetFair, Google, World Wide Web Consortium, Yahoo!
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Hunch = Collective intelligence tool for decision-making
Hunch Powered by MIT ideas — Much more useful than Robin Hanson’s decision-aid markets. Great usability. I registered and tested it. They are onto something. Besides NetFlix, have you ever heard of other collective intelligence tool of this kind? Leave … Continue reading
The “efficient markets†hypothesis is dead.
An interesting piece in this morning’s FT by Gillian Tett. The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, which for many years had taught the so-called “efficient markets†hypothesis to thousands of students, asked its members for the first time if they trusted … Continue reading
What Jed Christiansen should avoid at Cambridge University
Jesus, Mary, Joseph. – bikini-clad students struggling to stand up and vomiting at midday on a Sunday afternoon; – jelly-wrestling contest; – lots of them were vomiting; – drinking alcohol free drinks through a fish smeared in marmite and licking … Continue reading
Yahoo! Confab Kaput
Yahoo! Confab: Sorry, the page you requested was not found. Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you’re having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of … Continue reading