Thank you. So what do you think the cause of that is, and why do you think that cause exists and will it always exist?
Hello folks, first post on LessWrong, so I apologize if I am not familiar with the decorum of this community. However, I have observed there seems to be a bit of disagreement or uncertainty about the comparative utility of prediction markets and (or vs.) debate/argument maps.
From my view, as the founder of a nonprofit organization which uses "debate/argument maps" (deceptively tree-like in appearance, though a graph in nature) to model civilization-scale reasoning on complex issues, it is evident to me that prediction markets and debate/argument maps are useful for different types of questions.
In case this hadn't occurred to others, or some would find me mistaken, I am providing and subjecting my point... (read 698 more words →)
Mentioning The Society Library here (the org I work with) as a part of this network.
Here's a list of comparable orgs or argument-mapping tech that some projects rely on/tinker with:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zn7tbKfkeX14FNtgrYGGD1QJ5znslr0taAPPIM_lzYQ/edit?usp=sharing
I asked a leading question of our "Perspectives" system, and it gave a few hundred hypothetical reasons (here)