alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoValve's former economist says Steam could produce 'better macroeconomic forecasts' than Goldman Sachs with the power of crowdsourcing and brownie pointswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkValve's former economist says Steam could produce 'better macroeconomic forecasts' than Goldman Sachs with the power of crowdsourcing and brownie pointswww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarerockkicker@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI imagine he’s thinking of the thing where you get a crowd to guess the weight of a cow and then take the average of their guesses. Plus, the people most affected by inflation aren’t usually the ones attempting to forecast it.
I imagine he’s thinking of the thing where you get a crowd to guess the weight of a cow and then take the average of their guesses.
Plus, the people most affected by inflation aren’t usually the ones attempting to forecast it.