I think my best memories from lurking on the Extropians mailing list Back In The Day were hearing about the "Terrorism Futures Market" months before it went pub

I think my best memories from lurking on the Extropians mailing list Back In The Day were hearing about the "Terrorism Futures Market" months before it went public. All the objections that would later be made came up on the list and Robin Hanson did a pretty good job of answering them. Too bad it didn't take longer for the media to discover it.