Extropians quoted
I was pleasantly surprised to discover two Extropian colleagues quoted in (relatively) mainstream media.
In the December Wired (p. 46) Robin Hanson answers the Ping question "Is collective intelligence really more intelligent?"
Companies often wonder: Should we consult a broad opinion poll or a blue-ribbon committee? Prediction markets offer a better way. Because these markets reward being right and penalize being wrong, they tend to be dominated by a few experts when the experts know best, and by the masses when the crowd knows best. Either way, you win.
In What We Believe But Cannot Prove, Ray Kurzweil says "We will find ways to circumvent the speed of light as a limit on the communication of information." In the elaboration he says, "The computational neuroscientist Anders Sandberg estimates that a one-nanometer wormhole could transmit a formidable 1069 bits per second."
In the December Wired (p. 46) Robin Hanson answers the Ping question "Is collective intelligence really more intelligent?"
Companies often wonder: Should we consult a broad opinion poll or a blue-ribbon committee? Prediction markets offer a better way. Because these markets reward being right and penalize being wrong, they tend to be dominated by a few experts when the experts know best, and by the masses when the crowd knows best. Either way, you win.
In What We Believe But Cannot Prove, Ray Kurzweil says "We will find ways to circumvent the speed of light as a limit on the communication of information." In the elaboration he says, "The computational neuroscientist Anders Sandberg estimates that a one-nanometer wormhole could transmit a formidable 1069 bits per second."