Category Archives: Events & Meetings

FreedomFest, Las Vegas — July 14 to July 16 — [EVENT]

Don Luskin alerts me about FredomFest 2011, featuring Peter Schiff and others. Enjoy.

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Thomas Malone’s collective intelligence is an abyssal hodgepodge… “à la Prévert”. — [LINK]

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: human computation social computing crowdsourcing wisdom of crowds (e.g., prediction markets) group memory and problem-solving deliberative democracy animal collective behavior mechanism design organizational design public policy design ethics of collective intelligence … Continue reading

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Prediction Markets at AMMA 2011 — [LINK]

AMMA 2011 – Conference on market design.

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I enjoyed so much LeR3 and BarCamp Sophia-Antipolis. — [THANK-YOU NOTE]

My thanks go to: – Rivera Cube (LeR3). – BarCamp Sophia-Antipolis. – Pierre Haski of Rue89. – Sophie Gironi and Sylvain Thevenaud. – All the other contributors and participants.

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The Third International Conference on Prediction Markets

The Third International Conference on Prediction Markets Nottingham, United Kingdom

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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

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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.”

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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

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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 … Continue reading

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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.

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