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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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Amateur and Professional Bloggers vs Professional Journalists

Felix Salmon (the best finance blogger on Earth): [...] It’s true that blogs are capable of bringing down politicians, just like newspapers. But financial blogs don’t have anything like the same kind of influence that the big political blogs have, … Continue reading

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Blogs are taking over the other Web-based publications.

Tech Crunch’s Mike Arrington (who is furious at a CNET writer): Most of the popular blogs, all of which started out as one-person shops, have now hired separate sales staff to handle sales. We have, Om has, etc. Hell, that’s … Continue reading

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