What Robin Hanson thinks about Silicon Valley

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Associate professor of economics at George Mason University, originator of decision markets and futarchy, and author of the blog Overcoming Bias.

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1. 18 Sept 2026

   Our readingSpeculative market prices are the moral authority best suited to guide the management of cultural evolution.

   Their wordsAt the mind level, the new moral authority that seems to best support these solutions is: speculative market prices.

   ↗The Arc of Moral Authority: From Tradition To Interiors To Pricesovercomingbias.com 3rd of 3 in this piece