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Tag Archives: Patri Friedman
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/
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
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Inventions & Innovations, Philanthropy, Research
Tagged Bill Gates, billionaires, capital, Chris Wood, Christine Peterson, enterprise, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entreprises, extensive technologies, Foresight Institute, Fortune, funders, funding, giving, Giving Pledge, innovation, innovators, intensive technologies, inventions, investing, investments, Mike Kope, millionaires, Money, Neil Jacobstein, Patri Friedman, Peter Diamandis, Peter Thiel, Philanthropy, Ray Kurzweil, Santa Fe Institute, Seasteading Institute, SENS Foundation, Singularity University, startups, Thiel Foundation, Warren Buffett, wealth, X PRIZE Foundation
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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
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Politics
Tagged free markets, Freedom, libertarianism, libertarians, liberty, Patri Friedman, SeaSteading, Seasteading Institute
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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
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. -
Posted in People
Tagged Google, InTrade, InTrade trader, Patri Freidman, Patri Friedman, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, SeaSteading, Trader
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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
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged Analysis (Data) - Sports / Politics Corruption, bet exchanges, BetFair, Betting, betting exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, fight sports corruption, match-fixing scandals, New York Times, Patri Friedman, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Sports, sports betting, sports bodies, sports corruption, TradeSports
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Patri Friedman tries to enlist traders angry at InTrade’s “awful” fee structure.
Thread on the InTrade forum.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Transaction Costs
Tagged cost, fees, InTrade, Patri Friedman, prediction markets
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