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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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Robin Hanson’s blah blah on futarchy (using conditional prediction markets to govern a country) — [VIDEO]

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson debates a Mencius Moldbug on prediction markets, decision markets, and… futarchy: Foresight 2010 debate: Futarchy from Monica Anderson on Vimeo. Download this post to watch the video —if your feed reader does not show it to you. Who … Continue reading →

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Debate is raging between Robin Hanson and the futarchy critics

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

- Robin Hanson comments on Paul Hewitt’s blog. – Paul Hewitt comments on Eric Crampton’s blog. – Paul Hewitt comments on Robin Hanson’s blog. Many exchanges with Robin Hanson. Read it all. – Paul Hewitt: [...] My point is that … Continue reading →

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If he had balls, Robin Hanson would debate Paul Hewitt, instead.

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Paul Hewitt: The Essential Prerequisite for Adopting Prediction Markets It is a long text, so I will post again about it, in the near future. (Happy Xmas, by the way.) ADDENDUM: Saturday, January 16, 2010: Debate between Robin Hanson and … Continue reading →

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Robin Hanson’s futarchy is “retarded”.

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

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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There’s a persuasive theory underlying Robin Hanson’s proposal…

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

… “but we’ll never know how well it works until someone puts it to the test.“ Exactly. Robin Hanson, do act on your proposal —instead of doing blah blah blah. The flaw(s) in the futarchy idea will appear in plain … Continue reading →

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Robin Hanson wants to use *YOU* as his first Guinea Pig for his futarchy experiment.

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson: Yes of course new ideas for organizations should be tried first in smaller organizations. Do let me know of any small orgs interesting in experimenting. Here’s how to contact Robin Hanson: rhanson AT gmu DOT edu In the … Continue reading →

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Is Robin Hanson’s Futarchy Full Of BullShit?

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Why doesn’t Robin Hanson implement his grandiose idea on a small organization (like George Mason University), as opposed to a national government, to see whether it makes sense? I suspect it doesn’t. Prediction markets have very, very slightly improved the … Continue reading →

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In futarchy, the decisions are coercive.

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

And that makes some people uncomfortable. The debate on Robin Hanson’s idea futures (prediction markets, decision-aid markets, decision markets, futarchy, etc.) is spreading from Overcoming Bias to other blogs. Here is Robin Hanson: Nick, I never said there are prediction … Continue reading →

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ROBIN HANSON HAS RENOUNCED TO RULE THE UNIVERSE VIA PREDICTION MARKETS.

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson: I’m not proposing to implement futarchy full stop one day; I’m proposing to run a series of increasingly large trials. That would give you the data you want. Wow, modesty and humility. Mark the day.

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