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John Delaney’s OB — [RANT]

When I die, I want the doctor Pennock to write my ob. Then, I am sure only the good things will be highlighted. On InTrade: All the economists blogging about their prediction markets never mentioned the numerous disputes about the … Continue reading

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When you die, ask David Pennock to write up your obituary. — [LINK]

Farewell to John Delaney.

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No that many InTrade traders paid tribute to CEO John Delaney (whose corps remains on Mount Everest). — [LINK]

Only 2 pages on the InTrade forum, whereas other topics generated dozens of pages, in the past.

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CONFIRMATION: John Delaney’s behavior was irrational. — [LINK]

“Bizarre“.

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Midas Oracle’s stats about John Delaney’s death. — [ANALYTICS]

Out of curiosity for SEO, here are some key stats about our coverage of the InTrade CEO‘s horrific death. Note that these stats don’t encompass the frontpage readers and the feed subscribers (so, we would add many hundreds more, actually). … Continue reading

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John Delaney Obituary — [LINKS]

I’ve updated my original post, but I guess most of my readers didn’t return to it, so I am re-listing here the reactions to InTrade CEO John Delaney‘s death. – New York Times & CNBC. – all the negative remarks … Continue reading

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6 days later, the NYT on John Delaney’s death. — [NEWS]

They sheepishly re-publish the unverified PR-delivered factoid that InTrade has “more than 100,000 registered users“. What counts are the active traders, in fact. Not a word on how come a CEO can afford to take months off, and how come … Continue reading

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Psychologist and economist George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University, was an avid mountain climber “until I had kids and couldn’t tolerate the risk.” — [TAKEAWAYS]

- Mountainous Memoirs (PDF file): “[] in 1986, [] I almost killed my wife, Donna, on Mt. Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies.” – George Loewenstein has extensively written about the motivation of mountain climbers and their appreciation of risk. – … Continue reading

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InTrade CEO John Delaney (42) died on May 21, 2011, while climbing Mount Everest, and his body will remain there. — [OBITUARY]

New York Times & CNBC. John Delaney, 41, from Ireland, has collapsed less than 50m from the top. He left for the expedition on April 9 and was due back in Ireland at the end of this month. His body … Continue reading

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The prediction market ideology still lives on. — [COMMENT]

David Pennock: Not to put too much faith into the unscientific Gartner hype cycle, but it does feel like a time of backlash responding to some early over optimism. As cooler heads prevail, and the technology speaks for itself, I … Continue reading

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