Monthly Archives: November 2009

Abolish the Federal Reserve, buy gold and avoid the US dollar.

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged dollar, economy, Federal Reserve, gold, Government, Peter Schiff, US dollar, US economy, US government | 2 Comments

Why Nate Silver is wrong about the usefulness of long-term prediction markets: IT DIDN’T WORK. IT IS A PATENTED FAIL.

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Nate Silver becomes a little Robin Hanson fanboy… after just a lunch with the Master. ACT ONE: Nate Silver lunched with Robin Hanson, one month ago, to interview him for his future book about forecasting. ACT TWO: Robin Hanson has … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Proposals), Analysis (Meta), Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchanges & Markets, Inventions & Innovations, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Science | Tagged accuracy, climate change, Collective Forecasting, conditional prediction markets, FAIL, global warming, long-term prediction markets, Nate Silver, Our Master Of All Universes, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Science | 7 Comments

Crowdsourcing falls into the ravine.

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

UPDATE: Jimmy Wales gives the true numbers of Wikipedia editors. + Wikipedia note.

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds | Tagged crowdsourcing, editors, volunteers, Wikipedia, Wikipedia editors | Leave a comment

High-resolution map of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Kevin Gurney:

Posted in Science | Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, climate science, CO2, Earth science, global warming, Kevin Gurney, Science | Leave a comment

An Inconvenient Debt

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

About the mounting federal debt:

Posted in Finance, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged America, debt, federal debt, Glenn Beck, History, printing money, public spending, United States Of America, US dollars, US economic history, US economy, US history | 2 Comments

Blind faith in gold?

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jason Ruspini: There is no blind faith involved. A lot of trading is about heuristics and when multiple oscillators and sentiment indicators get to extreme levels, itâ€™s prudent to lighten up. When that happens, I agree that itâ€™s actually a … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged Finance, Financial Markets, gold, US dollar, US economy | 2 Comments

Is Apple becoming evil? — Jason Calacanis vs Guy Kawasaki

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

External Links: Paul Graham’s criticism of Apple + Phil Schiller Grants Interview About Appleâ€™s App Store, Claims Devs Actually Like Approval Process. + The BusinessWeek interview + iPhone developers are stupid.