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Grandson of famed economist Milton Friedman is sued for downloading porn over the Internet. — [LINK]

Patri Friedman: http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/bittorrent/

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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and all the “Giving Pledge” billionaires, should rather do what Peter Thiel does –go investing their cash and/or (liquidated) fortune in futuristic projects. – [VIDEO]

This morning, I wrote that I disaprove Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge operation, because I rather favor billionaires investing in young startups lead by visionaries. Well, just after the publication of that post, I stumbled on the “Audacious … Continue reading

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SeaSteading on CBS Sunday Morning – [VIDEO]

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In which I respectfully disagree with Patri Friedman

Patri Friedman (commenting on the Robin Hanson gadfly’s post): Ah, Mencius. Combines a brilliant insight on prediction markets that I hadn’t seen before and increases my understanding (they require training) with ridiculously stupid points like “They can’t predict things that … Continue reading

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A young Hanson fanboy tries to build a new civilization that would float somewhere on the Ocean, far away from the supremacy of law… and, in the process, lashes out at his like-minded libertarian fellows operating in think tanks and political parties.

He defines “libertarian folk activism” (i.e., the activities of the free-market think tanks and libertarian politicians): Folk activism broadly corrupts political movements. It leads activists to do too much talking, debating, and proselytizing, and not enough real-world action. He asks … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson fanboy (who blogged many times about prediction markets on OvercomingWhatever) now tells his astonished readers what I have long suspected: He has never been truly interested in prediction markets.

He is quitting trading on InTrade —for good. His interest in prediction markets has always been superficial. Is he going to quit trading on Google’s enterprise prediction exchange, too? Bo, we expect you to compile deep stats about his future … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson fanboy and InTrade trader Patri Freidman’s outing —as one of the “sexiest geeks alive”

Via ValleyWag His latest venture — His “sexy geek” profile – - Patri Firedman’s website As you all know, Patri Friedman set up Google’s internal prediction exchange —with Bo Cowgill. -

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Did Patri Friedman misread BetFair?

About the latest New York Times story on BetFair fighting sports corruption… Patri Friedman: Prediction markets not only make fixing easier to profit from, by creating a liquid market for insider betting, but they also make it easier to detect, … Continue reading

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Do Google’s enterprise prediction markets work? — Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech … Continue reading

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Patri Friedman tries to enlist traders angry at InTrade’s “awful” fee structure.

Thread on the InTrade forum.

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