Friday, July 23, 2004

place all bets on the table please

i'm guessing a good amount of you are already familiar with longbets.org, but if not you should check it out.  basically it's a facilitator of wagers between thought-leaders that have intriguing societal implications.  it's all done in the spirit of philanthropy and promoting long-term thinking.
 
example bets:
"at least one human alive in the year 2000 will still be alive in 2150"
"by 2020 bioterror or bioerror will lead to 1mm casualties in a single event"
"by 2100 a world government will be in place and in control of: business law, environmental law, and weapons of mass destruction"
"the US men's soccer team will win the world cup before the red sox win the world series"
 
check out more of the current bets and the unchallenged predictions

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