The Long Bets Foundation turns the less-than-noble pursuit of gambling to noble ends with it's focus on long-term forward planning for the good of mankind and our environment. It encourages the refinement of critical thought by asking those on both sides of the debates to put their money where their mouth is.
Most of those involved are Wired luminaries or at the forefront of their fields, but there's the odd curveball with Ted Danson even getting involved for a more short-term, whimsical bet. Though with minimum stakes of $2000 none of the bets are made lightly.
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I never took Stephen Hawking as the type of person to make wagers over a subscription to Penthouse and lose.
Posted by Dan on 21 Apr 2002 at 09:15 PM
forgot to renew their domain name?
"www.longbets.org could not be found."
Posted by Dan on 21 Apr 2002 at 09:20 PM
I bet they'll ship out all the dead bodies to Pluto to make more space on Earth, Mars and maybe even Venus.
Posted by Jonny Ram on 22 Apr 2002 at 06:51 AM
Is that for when humans start having so many cybernetic impants that they're no longer bio-degradable? And if not, there's always Soylent Green!
Posted by Anonymous on 22 Apr 2002 at 08:38 AM
Even though humans degrade nicely, I don't think family's are too impressed if you decide to throw another body where their great-great-grandad once was. Such is the need for graves these days.
Posted by Jonny Ram on 23 Apr 2002 at 07:01 AM