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Putting the prediction markets under the big “crowdsourcing” tent

Via Keith Anderson (Senior Analyst at RNG) Chapter 7 – What the Crowd Knows: Collective Intelligence in Action – by Jeff Howe – He is a Wired journalist. I prefer stuff written by economists like Robin Hanson, Justin Wolfers, Eric … Continue reading

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Keith Anderson’s got some good DATA VISUALIZATION links for you.

http://infosthetics.com/ http://flowingdata.com/ http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ http://benfry.com/writing/ http://www.formfollowsbehavior.com/ http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/ http://blog.many-eyes.com/ http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/ http://simplecomplexity.net/ http://leebyron.com/how/ http://eagereyes.org/ http://accuracyandaesthetics.com/ http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/ http://diuf.unifr.ch/people/bertinie/visuale/ http://well-formed-data.net/ http://www.numberpix.com/ http://www.mentegrafica.it/blog/ http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/ http://informationandvisualization.de/ http://designnotes.info/ http://perceptualedge.com/blog/ http://shiffman.net/ http://abeautifulwww.com/ http://makingmaps.wordpress.com/ http://www.bestiario.org/blog/ – (Via Tom Carden) – Keith Anderson (Senior Analyst at RNG) -

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Sermo harvests the wisdom of… physicians.

Via Keith Anderson, Sermo:

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NewsFutures quit advertising on Google Search.

Only Consensus Point remains an advertiser on Google Search. Keith Anderson’s PC (which has a North-American IP number) shows two more advertisers, HSX and Inkling Markets:

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Harry Potter will die not die in the final book –The Deathly Hallows.

Harry Potter Full Coverage on Yahoo! News — –> Keith Anderson tips me that at MSNBC’s iPredict, it’s 50/50. Keith remarks that MSNBC should have used a prediction exchange… Right. [Psstt… Keith is clairvoyant. One big media company is currently … Continue reading

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MIT’s CCI seminar on Monday, May 14, 2007: Justin Wolfers, Prediction Markets

Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities – Paper: PDF file — MIT Center for Collective Intelligence: CCI Spring 2007 Seminar Series All seminars will be held in NE20-336 (3 Cambridge Center). CCI seminars are on Mondays and Thursdays during the … Continue reading

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Hollywood Stock Exchange vs. Fantasy Moguls

Hollywood Stock Exchange vs. Fantasy Moguls Tech Crunch: [...] Atomic Moguls has launched FantasyMoguls.com, which is essentially a fantasy league for movies. You can draft movies and earn points based on how well they do at the box office, number … Continue reading

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Predicting World Cup results: Do goals seem more likely when they pay off?

The discreet Keith Anderson writes to me about a good paper he has read. Predicting World Cup results: Do goals seem more likely when they pay off? – by Maya Bar-Hillel Center for the Study of Rationality, The Hebrew University … Continue reading

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Slate’s 2008 Political Futures = Aggregator of Prediction Markets on US Politics

Via reader Keith Anderson, Slate’s 2008 Political Futures. Prediction exchanges featured: – InTrade – Iowa Electronic Markets – Casual Observer Previous Slate Page: Slate’s 2006 Political Futures

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TechCrunch lists the Y Combinator Companies…

… but leaves out Inkling Markets. Addendum: I’m a decerebrated idiot. Chris, Just saw your post about Techcrunch omitting Inkling from their list of Y Combinator companies. I quickly noticed the same thing, but after re-reading the post, it looks … Continue reading

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