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Patrick Young Spotting Of The Month — Monaco Edition

Capital Market Revolution, a decade later — by Patrick Young (InTrade co-founder)
In Monaco — February 4th, 2010

Robin Hanson’s futarchy is “retarded”.

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Debate between Robin Hanson and blogger Mencius Moldbug about futarchy, “a subject on which fur has flown over the blogosphere.”

H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, and H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

House Financial Services Committee – Wednesday, December 3, 2009
Via Daniel Horowitz

How to use enterprise prediction markets to minimize risks when introducing new products

How to Use Collective Intelligence to Minimize Risks When Introducing New Products
CrowdCast WebCast – (Tuesday, December 8, 2009):
Does your company rely on new product introductions to drive growth? A single missed launch date for a new product can impact company valuation by 5%, costing millions of dollars in market capitalization. Given increasing consumer and investor [...]

Inkling Markets’s Adam Siegel needs salad leaves to relieve tension.

If you listened to that “lecture” at Kellogg, send me an anonymous e-mail to cfm &&AT&& midasoracle **+DOT+** (-com-), and tell me how it went and whether Adam has convinced you of the usefulness of enterprise prediction markets.

Let’s boycott the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.

I renew my boycott on the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.
As I said many times, do not pay anything (not even $4) to listen to vendors’ marketing message —and to illuminated academics bought by these vendors.
They all exaggerate the usefulness of the prediction markets.
And beware that phone-booth conference organizer who hides under a female [...]

Platforms, markets & bytes: the economic landscape of the 6th paradigm

Sean Park is minding a conference presentation. Go there and exchange ideas with him —well, if you have any.

Boycott the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.

I renew my call for boycotting the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets. Don’t pay $400 to listen to prediction market software vendors. (They should pay you $400, rather, to listen to their marketese.) They highly exaggerate the usefulness of prediction markets (and enterprise prediction markets, in particular). They don’t have a single use case [...]

Tap The Collective — What the official photographer didn’t show you

#taptc

Tap The Collective — The Photos

The speakers:

Our good friend Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets (his dress code: “you should dress”):

Melody Hildebrandt:

The speakers (minus Adam Siegel and Melody Hildebrandt):

So, now that it is over you can tell me, what were Adam Siegel’s eggs filled with…??…
UPDATE: Robin Hanson + Melody Hildebrandt

Next: “Tap The Collective” failed to convince me about the usefulness of [...]

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