Rationality power tools

A Rationality power tool is a computer program that assists with rationality, either epistemic or instrumental. They are not games -- power tools are tools, and have the flexibility to be applied to multiple situations while guiding or enhancing their users' power to win or "improve their understanding."

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Existing

Coordinated Efforts

• ChipIn – For raising funding for projects.
• ThePoint – Non-financial coordination.
• KickStarter – For raising funding for projects. Donations are collected only if a certain threshold is reached.

Debate Tools

Main article: Debate tools

• TakeOnIt – A database of expert opinion.

Prediction Tracking

• PredictionBook – "a site to record and track your predictions."

Prediction Markets

• Foresight Exchange – Free website; a funny-money prediction market, ancestor of Consensus Point and The Idea Futures package
• Intrade – Real money prediction market
• Zocalo – software to set up a prediction market

Time Management

• Org-mode – for Emacs. "org-mode can do clocking (to see how long I'm spending on tasks), all kinds of reminders, todo-lists and can even check which of my 'projects' currently don't have a NextAction defined" - djcb

Personal Data Tallying/Self Experimentation

• Daytum
• your.flowingdata – Tracks items via Twitter

In Development

• whpearson is working on a Control Market