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Nicolas Rasmont
LessWrong contributor known for formal critiques of futarchy mechanism design.
Timeline
- 2025-12-01 — Published "Futarchy is Parasitic on What It Tries to Govern" on LessWrong, arguing conditional decision markets are structurally incapable of estimating causal policy effects due to selection vs causation bias
Contributions
Futarchy Critique: Developed the most formally stated structural impossibility argument against futarchy, claiming the mechanism is systematically biased toward selection correlations rather than causal effects even when perfectly implemented with rational traders.
Related Work
- Builds on Dynomight's 2022-2025 series on conditional markets
- Part of active LessWrong debate on futarchy's epistemic foundations
- Distinct from implementation critiques (manipulation, fraud, illiquidity) - focuses on structural mechanism design