The Calibration Game: Can Anyone Predict the Future? with Rakesh Vohra

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Jun 22, 202619:38Business

In this episode, we explore what it really means to make a "good" prediction. Starting with something as ordinary as a weather forecast, we discuss why forecasting poses deep economic and game theoretic questions. Togeth...

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