At 16:20 2003-07-29 -0700, John Young wrote:
Tim May wrote:
Yes, a bunch of "ideas futures" markets have existed for nearly a decade. An acquaintance of mine, Robin Hanson, was actively promoting such things in the late 80s and may have been involved in some of the Extropians-type markets which arose a few years later (I recollect several efforts with varying degrees of success).
Yes, Robin Hanson worked on DARPA's PAM program. Here's his e-mail about it in May 2003:
Looks like Robin may have to concentrate on a commercial venture if he wants to see his ideas put into practice. steve we do not win the terrorism battle / with exclusion of liberties / an un-elected president / with a brand new atrocity / make way for war time opportunists / corporate interests and their proxies / exploitation of a tragedy / to serve their ideologies / corporate military complex / continues to abuse the world / death weapons for despots / sold by the red, white and blue -- Moral Crux, Stocks and Bombs