Monthly Archives: May 2010

Off The Chart

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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Robin Hanson bores his students with Futarchy. –> He is asked to apply his concept to Himself.

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

A commenter on his blog (Bill): Why not experiment at GMU? Have the students run the university using Futarchy principals. They pick the goals, then you use markets. You can even start on a smaller scale, a class. Report back … Continue reading →

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US Budget Crisis –> When?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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BetFair’s guerilla marketing on General Election 2010 – [VIDEO]

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Mike Robb: The “betometer” concept was poorly conceived. However, overall, it is a good tactic. It is a win.

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The next British Prime Minister @ TED – [VIDEO]

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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Marcus Miller – TuTu

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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Midas Oracle is truly universal.

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hibbert has been hired by Google.

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

I guess he‘ll probably work at the Mountain View campus. So, if I can count, 3 prediction market people are working at Google: Bo Cowgill, Jed Christiansen [*], and now, Chris Hibbert. [*] UK, not Mountain View.

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Philippe Kahn: Luck has more importance for your career/startup than skills and hard work.

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

But here’s the twist: The more you work, the luckier you become.

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Former HSX website developer tells everything he knows about movie marketing.

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Ben Curtis: I was one of three programmers at HSX.com when Max was there, from 1997-2001. We learned a lot during that time, and I’m not surprised that it’s taken this long to get such markets approved, and that such … Continue reading →

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