We should use prediction markets for long term software maintenance

I have long espoused the works of Gwern Branson , and his essay Choosing Software is no exception. If I were to sum up the vibe of it, it would be: It is not enough for software to be good - it must also be lindy . There isn&rsquo;t much point in eating the learning curve for, say, Emacs if Emacs isn&rsquo;t going to be around long enough to see a good ROI on it.