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The SuperStruct Game = the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game

The SuperStruct Game FAQ YouTube video – Tip via our good doctor Pennock of YooPick fame. -

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Inkling Markets’ Advisory Board… which does not want to tell its name

Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Inkling Markets’ Advisory Board (curiously named “Friends Of Inkling”): Bo Cowgill, Google Inc. — Product developer, expert on decision markets for Google; creator of Google’s prediction market and co-author of Using Prediction Markets … Continue reading

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The purpose of X2 is to identify future disruptions, opportunities, and competitive landscapes related to the content and dynamics of global science and technology innovation; to develop a new platform for understanding global innovation trends; and to present this information to policy- and decision-makers, as well as the general public, in a useful form.

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The Institute For The Future tells its experience with Inkling Markets.

The Institute For The Future: These ideas are pulled predominantly from the experience of running the market, rather than participating in the market. Hummm… I don’t find the text to be an interesting read. Do you?

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Institute for the Future’s Anthony Townsend does not understand prediction markets.

His totally shallow analysis is here. Not worth reading. Not worth blogging about.

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The Institute for the Future’s Anthony Townsend on internal prediction markets

From his Confab notes: I was both buoyed and dismayed by what I learned at this event. Buoyed by how much potential there is in prediction markets for improving decision-making and forecasting. Dismayed by how shallow the body of knowledge … Continue reading

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The Institute for the Future’s Anthony Townsend on internal prediction markets

From his Confab notes: I was both buoyed and dismayed by what I learned at this event. Buoyed by how much potential there is in prediction markets for improving decision-making and forecasting. Dismayed by how shallow the body of knowledge … Continue reading

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