Tag Archives: Charles Polk

Charles Polk wants to go to Mars.

No kidding. Best wishes to his new venture. PS: Charles Polk (thru Net Exchange) was a participant in DARPA’s Policy Analysis Market.

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THE DAY ROBIN HANSON FOUGHT FOR HIS BABY

Robin Hanson on PAM: Just before Phase I commenced, I had designed and implemented a combinatorial market maker, and proposed that PAM use it. Charles Polk, president of Net Exchange, chose instead to refit their existing software to this application. … Continue reading

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The truth on the 2000–2003 US DoD’s DARPA’s IAO’s FutureMAP/Policy Analysis Market project.

The Policy Analysis Market project was badmouthed last week by Bruce Hansen of The Register, so I’m publishing here some excerpts of Robin Hanson’s verbatim. — Robin Hanson: [...] It fell to me to explore possible application areas, and after … Continue reading

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