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The Soho Forum Debate: Robin Hanson vs. Rajiv Sethi

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The Soho Forum Debate: Robin Hanson vs. Rajiv Sethi

Resolution: Betting markets are more accurate than credentialed experts.

January 28, 2027 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST

For the affirmative:

Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the author of The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth, the co-author of The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life, and writes on Substack at Overcoming Bias.

For the negative:

Rajiv Sethi is a professor of economics at Barnard College, Columbia University and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the co-author of Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime and the Pursuit of Justice and writes on Substack at Imperfect Information.

Doors open at 6:00 PM
Meeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PM
Reception: 8:30 PM

Moderated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.

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