Monthly Archives: December 2009

Eminent Domain: How one small town was taken over so Pfizer could build a new campus

John Stossel:

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Shift Happens – Fall 2009

Did You Know 4.0 Via the excellent Arianna Huffington: Journalism 2009: Desperate Metaphors, Desperate Revenue Models, And The Desperate Need For Better Journalism

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No real-money prediction markets in the US till 2010 or 2011 —at best.

Start-Ups Hedging Their Bets On Online-Gambling Legislation. Wall Street Journal: Gerard Cunningham, president of BetFair US, the world’s largest legal online gaming company, isn’t confident that the bills will get their proper hearing in Congress soon. “The challenges those bills … Continue reading

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Jim Rogers on Dubai fears

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Auditing the Federal Reserve — Ron Paul style

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Have you tried Timetric? Like it? Use it?

Timetric Timetric Byline What I don’t like: The smart charts don’t go into blog feed. Do you have remarks about his service? Useful? Not useful? Comment below or e-mail me —or Twitter me.

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The main advantage of web search as a prediction tool may have less to do with its superiority over other methods than with its generality, low cost, and real-time nature.

What Can Search Predict?

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The prediction market links that Robin Hanson does not want you to read

- The Future of Prediction Markets – More Public Prediction Market Failures – Corporate Prediction Market Success is Elusive

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On Prediction Markets for Climate Change

Rajiv Sethi on Robin Hanson and Nate Silver’s climate change prediction markets.

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3D projection mapping onto an old castle

Truly amazing. Watch. Battle of Branchage from seeper on Vimeo.

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