Re: Stupid Idea Series # uhhhhhh

Ka-Ping Yee (ping@lfw.org)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:02:33 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Jeff Bone wrote:
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> How about a "stock market" for memes?

Sounds like Idea Futures to me. Check out the "Foresight Exchange",
or look for "Robin Hanson" and "Idea Futures". Try:

http://hanson.gmu.edu/ideafutures.html
http://www.ideosphere.com/

The novel Earthweb by Marc Stiegler takes this idea to an extreme,
literally saving the world by using an advanced real-time idea futures
market to determine the best strategy for defending the Earth from an
attacking alien ship.

It's a really cool idea. Kudos to your dream-activated creativity center. :)

-- ?!ng