Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-05 Thread kahenkilonsiika
I believe "call for harm" might be seen as a way to trully enforce personal responsibility of politicians. If the bet was simply about being or not being in office, it wouldn't really mean much. -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Get your own encrypted, ad-free mailbox: https://tutanota.com

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread juan
On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 14:48:34 -0700 Steven Schear wrote: > I can't understand why anyone, who really wanted to use PMs to remove from > power a person they object to, would call for harm (and create a lightening > rod for regulation and law enforcement) when then they could just as easily > wager

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread Mirimir
On 08/03/2018 02:48 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > I can't understand why anyone, who really wanted to use PMs to remove from > power a person they object to, would call for harm (and create a lightening > rod for regulation and law enforcement) when then they could just as easily > wager on whether

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread Steven Schear
I can't understand why anyone, who really wanted to use PMs to remove from power a person they object to, would call for harm (and create a lightening rod for regulation and law enforcement) when then they could just as easily wager on whether that person would, for example, still hold that

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread juan
On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 13:43:18 -0700 Steven Schear wrote: > If AP markets persist, become effective and go "mainstream" they should be > considered a RLT (Radical Leveling Technology). What remains to be seen is an ordinary gambling system turning into a true 'prediction' market.

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread Steven Schear
If AP markets persist, become effective and go "mainstream" they should be considered a RLT (Radical Leveling Technology). On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 11:09 AM Steven Schear wrote: > "These assassination markets raise ethical questions for Augur's creators > and force us to confront a hideous side of

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread juan
On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 11:09:27 -0700 Steven Schear wrote: > "These assassination markets raise ethical questions for Augur's creators > and force us to confront a hideous side of society that seems to lurk in > the seemingly pseudonymous depths of the internet." > > Should the functioning

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread Mirimir
On 08/03/2018 11:02 AM, jim bell wrote: > Personally, it would be easy to be outraged and appalled by Krug's response. > He seems to unintentionally demonstrate the apparent invincibility and > irresponsibility of youth. ... Damn, what an idiot.

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread Steven Schear
"These assassination markets raise ethical questions for Augur's creators and force us to confront a hideous side of society that seems to lurk in the seemingly pseudonymous depths of the internet." Should the functioning existence of these markets raise different ethical questions from when

Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

2018-08-03 Thread jim bell
https://www.ethnews.com/augurs-joey-krug-comments-on-assassination-markets By MATTHEW DE SILVA WRITER ETHNEWS.COM Shortly after Augur’s launch, some users created cryptocurrency-settled assassination markets. Since the Augur protocol exists on the Ethereum blockchain, the marketplace exists