Family tree of the Greek gods Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font. See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes External links Media related to Family trees of Greek mythology at Wikimedia Commons Dreams of Autarky by Robin Hanson Sept 2001, First version Sept 1999 Genie nanotech, space colonies, Turing-test A.I., a local singularity, crypto credentials, and private law are all dreams of a future where some parts of the world economy and society have an unusually low level of dependence on the rest of the world. But it is the worldwide division of labor that has made us humans rich, and I suspect we won't let it go for a long time to come. Introduction Many of us expect humanity to encounter enormous changes in the next century, changes that we would do well to consider seriously now. But the fact is that many, and probably most, people who are ``smart" and ``knowledgeable" by standard objective measures disagree with this assessment. How can we come to terms with this disagreement? One favorite response to this predicament is to invoke common biases in human reasoning. Since we are human, we must acknowledge that we too suffer from any common human biases. Expecting Autarky Space Colonies Soon
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14 Wild Ideas Many Worlds , Medicine Useless , A.I. via Common Sense , Cryonics , Uploads , I'm in Sim , Fast Growth , Growth Stops , Colonize Galaxy , No Aliens , Aliens Came & Left , Private Law , Futarchy , No One Honest . by Robin Hanson , Oct. 18, 2001 A wild idea is one that many people think is obviously quite unlikely. I'd say at least a third of these wild ideas are likely true. Many times each day, your mind permanently splits into different versions that live in different worlds.
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Prediction Markets for Promoting the Progress of Science and the Copyrights and patents promote only superficial progress in the sciences and useful arts. Copyright law primarily encourages entertaining works, whereas patent law mainly inspires marginal improvements in mature technologies. Neither form of intellectual property does much to encourage basic research and development. Essential progress suffers. Prediction markets offer another way to promote the sciences and useful arts. In general, prediction markets support transactions in claims about unresolved questions of fact. Because it would reward accurate answers to factual questions, a SPEx would encourage essential discoveries about the sciences and useful arts. This article measures copyright and patent law against the Constitution's call for promotion of the Progress of science and useful Arts, to find those traditional forms of intellectual property lacking.
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The Bottom-up Approach to Legal Prediction Markets As hoped, the gambling crackdown is beginning to energize efforts that will eventually lead to legal prediction markets in the United States. As expected, some call for CFTC regulation, while others would prefer an exemption of the kind currently protecting horse-racing and fantasy sports, while libertarians tend to favor legal and regulated internet gambling in general. The most flexible outcomes are also the most expensive ones, at least if one discounts the option of openly starting a real-money exchange and then relying on a combination of the skill/chance distinction and one's good intentions to receive a favorable ruling. The CFTC option would be the most restrictive, but the least expensive since it might not require any lobbying. Proponents of the other two options are left to wonder where the money behind a lobby will come from. Tom W. By my own reading of the appropriate laws, there are some unfortunate caveats: d: The dominant factor test may not actually apply.