[EAG SF haiku] What will the first line of the EA haiku be?
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resolved Jul 30
10%
The world is dying
16%
Peter Singer wept
9%
Barn's burnt down.
9%
Multiplication
26%
Resources are few

This is an experiment to see if we can use a prediction market to compose a haiku about (some aspect) of EA.

A haiku is a poem of 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each. The subject matter is [effective altruism](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/). Interpret that as broadly as you like.

Users will submit suggestions for each line of the haiku, and I will choose a random person here at our EAG coworking event to select the specific line. Users who predicted and bet on the chosen line will win big!

This is a market on the first line of the haiku. After the first line has been selected, I will create a market for the second.

Close date updated to 2022-07-29 4:55 pm

Thanks to Kate, our randomly selected judge, for selecting the first line of the haiku! Good work everyone on your submissions!

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Multiplication
bought Ṁ10
Because this is what longtermists and shorttetmists agree on, multiplying "good done" calculations by "how many people it is done for" :D
Great idea for a market, wish I could tip it!
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The world is dying
bought Ṁ10
(A bleak opening to resolve afterward with hope)
( > A haiku is a poem of 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each I know this isn't about the market itself, but that's not really the core of what a haiku is :D ... A lot of them don't actually follow the 3-5-3 or 5-7-5 rhythm)
@JoyVoid What IS the core of a haiku then out of curiosity?