http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/ Discussion about futarchy Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:23:50 GMT Tom Breton (Tehom) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/59 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/59 ... Right. That would be far off topic. ... For futarchy as such, not much. They are just people who stay out of the market. Their consequences are about Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:24:15 GMT David Curran http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/58 There is an interesting article here http://reason.com/news/show/135539.html on predictions about gay marriage "Why won't leading opponents of same-sex Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:35:13 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/57 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/57 Good clarifying questions - I've been in this world so long I forget what it looks like to a normal person :). The types of online games where I think this Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:12:56 GMT Tom Breton (Tehom) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/56 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/56 ... Interesting idea. I assume you mean a MMORG? What sort of utility function could you have? ... By new features/changes, do you mean that a dev team Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:24:21 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/55 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/55 1. Thank you for the detailed reply. It was very helpful! 2. The more I study futarchy, the more I realize I was NOT a finance major back in college. By Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:35:32 GMT Tom Breton (Tehom) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/54 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/54 ... You ask good questions. Some approaches: * The "side-bets" approach. In this approach, investors are expected to arrange their portfolios to control what Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:20:11 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/53 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/53 1. Thanks for the links. 2. A GREAT question. Am I understanding you right in that you are looking for what TYPES of problems lend themselves to prediction Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:43:54 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/52 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/52 Thanks for the welcome. Had I read more of the old messages before making my first post, I would have seen some of what you thoughtfully laid out in our reply Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:32:43 GMT David Curran http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/51 ... investments represent a bunch of smart people trying to guess the future. What other areas do people think might have more accurate resource allocation Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:45:46 GMT Tom Breton (Tehom) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/50 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/50 Hi, Paul. Welcome to the list. ... That's a discussion I was trying to have and mostly didn't get. So thank you. But I'm going to answer your next bit Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:25:29 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/49 Tom, This is not my area of expertise at all, so if the question I am about to propose is foolish I apologize in advance. Why can't we simply design the rules Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:36:58 GMT Paul G. Silva http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/48 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/48 Howdy folks, My name is Paul Silva, I'm an entrepreneur who works primarily in the Angel Investing world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investing). I Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:45:42 GMT David Curran http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/47 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/47 On an unrelated note is Obama's chief science advisor an advocate of futarchy? Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:26:17 GMT David Curran http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/46 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/46 [image: Futarchy] Pronounced FEW-tark-ee. A theoretical government controlled in part by speculative markets. Coined by Robin D. Hanson of George Mason Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:12:36 GMT Mike Linksvayer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/45 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/futarchy_discuss/message/45 You may be interested in this post: http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/11/03/futarchy-lite-2008/ Scathing criticism wanted. Mike