[extropy-chat] An excellent overview of SecondLife from a futurist persective

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

The discussion on FX-discuss was interesting.
Link here:
There is a very interesting
discussion<http://forum.javien.com/conv.php?new=true&convdata=id::GjKLIYRD-eMmu-ZaAz-ztrl-89xB1SINPC_J>on
the fx-discuss mailing list about "Prediction markets and Second Life
virtual economy". The idea is to launch an in-world prediction market where
users can bet Linden dollars.

Playing Linden dollars maybe a useful workaround against betting
regulations. It would be interesting to try.
G.



On 4/3/06, "Hal Finney" <hal at finney.org> wrote:
> There was a proposal on the FX discussion list a few weeks ago that SL
> could be a platform to experiment with Robin Hanson's futarchy.  Futarchy
> is described by Robin's slogan, "vote for values, bet on beliefs".
> The community would use voting to establish what their goals were,
> and then policy proposals would compete in an Idea Futures market to
> estimate which had the best chance of realizing the agreed-upon goals.
> Since Linden dollars can be exchanged for real money, plus of course
> they are valuable in-game, the IF market would be a real-money market,
> which should help make it reliable as a judge of what people believe.
> This could also test the effects of people trying to manipulate the IF
> market in order to get their favorite proposals accepted.  People from
> outside the futarchy community could be allowed to participate in the
> IF market (but not the voting) and that should make it even more reliable.
>
> Hal
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