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- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
- Why Samsung is no Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney @ Bain Capital — [VIDEO]
- Central banks should set up prediction markets. — [LINK]
- Max Keiser on NADEX — [VIDEO]
- New Hampshire prediction markets screwed up political forecasting in 2008. Will they be right this time? — [CHARTS]
- The real reasons why prediction markets are accurate. — [LINK]
- Much better than a bike… and more affordable than a SegWay… –> The Me-Mover — [VIDEO]
- InTrade is not predictive, says notable financial journalist. — [SCREENSHOT]
- Drudge links directly to InTrade prediction markets, bypassing journalos. — [SCREENSHOT]
- BetFair’s glitch ruins a set of £23m prediction markets. — [LINKS]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Predict X = Play-money prediction markets
Predict X http://www.predictx.org/ FAQ Best wishes to Sebastian and Alexander.
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Technological change and asset returns
Peter Thiel thinks our entire civilization and culture is predicated on accelerating technological change. Specifically, technological growth has an important but poorly understood impact on economic growth, asset returns and the need to work over the course of one’s life. … Continue reading
Big trends in VC land (super angels, etc.) – [VIDEO]
Paul Graham at Startup School 2010: Watch live video from c3oorg on Justin.tv Watch live video from Startup School on Justin.tv Download this post to watch the embedded video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.
The gastronomic meal of the French has been recognized by Unesco. – [VIDEO]
Bon apetit.
Posted in Art
Tagged culture, food, France, French, gastronomic meal, gastronomie, gastronomy, meals, UNESCO
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Long article about Paul Graham in Forbes
Paul Graham’s Y Combinator has stormed Silicon Valley and pioneered a better way to build a company. We realized early on that the founders matter more than the idea. True.
By now, you’ve heard of that “feeling the future” paper, right? – [VIDEO]
Tyler Cowen is “still a skeptic, to say the least“, but that’s because today’s science needs a brand new paradigm. I will elaborate in the months to come here. In the meantime, watch this video. Download this post to watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda Dunne, PEAR, PEAR laboratory, Precognition, psi, retro-causality, retro-causation, Robert Jahn, Science, technology
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The sad tale of the prediction market startups
They all crashed down. For the simple reason that their mentors (James Surowiecki, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers) had the wrong hypothesis. It turned out that prediction markets are not useful in business administration. Period. End of chapter. Move on.