From: sparks@bah.com (Charley Sparks)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:04:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: DCSB: Betting on the Future
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If I can't wear a V2 PGP T shirt It ain't good enuf to attend... cheap lunch too

Charley


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>                 The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
>
>                               Presents
>
>                             Duane Hewitt
>                             Idea Futures
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>                       "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.
>
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>
>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
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>message to majordomo@ai.mit.edu .
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>Looking forward to seeing you there!
>
>Cheers,
>Robert Hettinga
>Moderator,
>The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
>
>
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                      Charles E. Sparks
                    Booz Allen & Hamilton
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