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- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
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- Central banks should set up prediction markets. — [LINK]
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Playing SEO game with CrowdCast
For a short period of time, lately, the NYT article on CrowdCast was ahead of Midas Oracle in a google search for “CrowdCast”. I had to find a way to beat them. So, I created a post about CrowdCast on … Continue reading
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression†on Google is down to normal levels.
Says Larry Summers —who is no less than the Director of the White House’s National Economic Council for President Barack Obama.
Inkling Markets on how projects can go wrong
When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects
Posted in Cases, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged inkling markets, prediction markets, projects
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RE: Andrew Gelman versus Robin Hanson
Andrew Gelman is the most wonderful forecasting expert on Earth. He is great. He is a giant. I like a lot of what he has been retorting to Robin Hanson. However, Andrew Gelman didn’t answer the Robin Hanson challenge, that … Continue reading
Posted in Collective Forecasting, Forecasting (Science & Practice)
Tagged Andrew Gelman, forecasting, Robin Hanson
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MicroSoft buying Yahoo! Search business?
I only see a Reuters item about this at TechMeme.
Posted in Business, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged InTrade, Microsoft, rumors, TechMeme, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Search
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How the French, mice and monkeys (in that order) are the keys to a longer, healthy life.
CBS News – 60 Minutes Drink To Your Health – Scientists have found a substance in red wine that is slowing down the aging process in mice. Calorie Restriction – The key to a longer life.
Posted in Science
Tagged 60 minutes, aging, aging process, calorie restriction, CBS News, CBS News 60 Minutes, diet, drugs, France, French, health, humans, longevity, mice, monkeys, Morley Safer, National Institute Of Health, red wine
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Collective Intelligence — Marriage Edition
The New York Times (who else) reports that the web dating sites use smarter and smarter algorithms to match singles.
Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds
Tagged dating, dating sites, marriages, singles
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CFO Prediction Market
CFO Prediction Market http://www.cfo.com/cfopredictionmarket/
Inkling Markets @ Twitter
Inkling Markets @ Twitter Inkling Predicts @ Twitter — No prediction market prices, triple alas. Adam Siegel @ Twitter Nate Kontny @ Twitter
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Resources - References
Tagged inkling markets, prediction markets, Twitter
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