Daily Archives: August 27, 2009

Financial Markets and the Singularity

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Video by Peter Thiel – Financial Markets and the Singularity

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Why BetFair, InTrade, the Hollywood Stock Exchange, etc., should suppress the IT restrictions imposed on their employees.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jim Finkle: Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called FireFox? I just – (applause) – I just moved to the State Department from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and was surprised that State doesn’t use … Continue reading →

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Who is FoolsGold?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That guy/gal left pretty smart comments on our good doctor Pennock’s blog… If you know who is FoolsGold, contact me.

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Listing Our Thinkers — Who should I add in the list?… Seeking your input…

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Midas Oracle = Internet Strategy + Collective Forecasting Our approach: Organic Marketing Objective Predictions Contact: cfm |-at-| midasoracle |.|-com-| Our Inspiration: Chris Anderson Michael Masnick Matt Mullenweg Matt Cutts Marissa Mayer Paul Graham Marc Andreesen Guy Kawasaki Seth Godin Robin … Continue reading →

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Prediction Markets and Public Policy: New ways to harness the wisdom of crowds

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Prediction Markets and Public Policy: New ways to harness the wisdom of crowds – (PDF file) – by Matt Burgess Victoria University and the Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation recently launched iPredict.co.nz, New Zealand’s first real money … Continue reading →

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Bookmark the links to the video posts on a social bookmarking service, and watch them when you’re at home, after work.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That would be my answer to this: Or you could download them from YouTube on a USB flash drive, and bring your memory stick with you, going home.

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Are IBM Smarter Cities prediction markets too smart for people?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

IBM Smarter Cities prediction mechanisms 20 prediction lines Only one socially generated prediction is over 50%. UPDATE: The first version of this post used the term “prediction markets”, because that is how Spigit brands these mechanisms, but, on a closer … Continue reading →

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