Many people like to speculate on what will happen in the next decade, or century. How many will put money on it though? Over at the Long Bets Project, you can see exactly who is willing to bet the farm (or at least, a few thousand dollars for charity) that they know what’s going to happen:
Long Bets is a public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake. The foundation furnishes the continuity to see even the longest bets through to public resolution. This website provides a forum for discussion about what may be learned from the bets and their eventual outcomes.
Personages including Ray Kurzweil, Freeman Dyson, Michio Kaku and Brian Eno have thrown down, and the subjects cover everything from artificial intelligence to extraterrestrial life and the Yeti.
