--- begin forwarded text X-Sender: rah@tiac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:26:33 -0400 To: dcsb@ai.mit.edu From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: DCSB: Betting on the Future Sender: bounce-dcsb@ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The Digital Commerce Society of Boston Presents Duane Hewitt Idea Futures "Betting on the Future" Tuesday, August 6, 1996 12 - 2 PM The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston One Federal Street, Boston, MA Duane says:
I am a Molecular Biologist by trade but I am fascinated by all aspects of science and technology and especially their long term ramifications. I am completing my Master's Degree thesis as well as working full time at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I have some part time work maintaining Web pages and I have been involved with the Idea Futures Web site from the very beginning. I also am currently working on a hypertext reference on the biology of aging. Many of these interest can be accessed from my home page at http://www.lucifer.com/~duane
I will introduce the concept of Idea Futures which is a market in which the odds of future events are set by betting. It is designed to reward those who can accurately forecast future outcomes. It has been recognized by the Austrian Broadcast System, and the Point Survey and mentioned in _Wired_. I will discuss the implications of such a market as well as some of the history behind it. I will also propose how a similar market could be used to construct a market based voting system.
This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 1996 from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of the Harvard Club of Boston, One Federal Street. The price for lunch is $27.50. This price includes lunch, room rental, and the speaker's lunch. ;-). The Harvard Club *does* have dress code: jackets and ties for men, and "appropriate business attire" for women. We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or if we *really* know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by Saturday, August 3, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will have to be sent back. Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston". If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (We've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something out. Planned speakers for the following few months are: September Tatsuo Tanaka Some Economics of Digital Cash October Philippe LeRoux Stock Exchanges and the Web We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month, and you would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Commmittee, care of Robert Hettinga, rah@shipwright.com . For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to majordomo@ai.mit.edu . If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to majordomo@ai.mit.edu . Looking forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Robert Hettinga Moderator, The Digital Commerce Society of Boston -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMepi6vgyLN8bw6ZVAQFsOwP/UuOoWa0LUEyY4dmQ21KIR4GwhB6PurSa L97eVsbVOigP+TVPFJX7RKqYhCxIL8gDUnSRimGnATmhLo5wdE0UXvgakeGaD5s+ vKPfhuaG9/MnuZvWFbBEZOrTTKqVE8bfoU2yiw6xTvhyQY0lDA2BSO8vjip28nOA 0Wkuh1VUBhY= =/5+9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo@ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB@ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/