| ▲ | markus_zhang 4 hours ago |
| The gambling market is really bringing out the worst of us. |
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| ▲ | amarcheschi 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Years ago I was friend with a guy who played tennis at international levels (say top 1000 players). He regularly received death treats on social networks from people Gambling on him to win/lose (and the opposite happened) |
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| ▲ | gcr 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| B-b-but futarchy and unbiased decisionmaking means well-calibrated markets could be a net good for society!! /hj |
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| ▲ | zbentley 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah, that claim was always ludicrous to me too. Wisdom-of-crowds isn’t an unbiased decision making strategy, it’s quite biased. Crowd-wisdom works best as a limiter on the bias of other decision making strategies—this is why democracies use representatives rather than direct votes for most decisions. And polymarket isn’t even the wisdom of crowds lol. At its greatest possible adoption it’s still the wisdom of internet-connected (mostly) white men with time and money to spend on gambling. | |
| ▲ | fnands 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Ugh, the sophistry (or at least self-deceiving arguments) people throw around to defend these markets makes my stomach churn. | |
| ▲ | markus_zhang 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I don't know, man, looks like we are now literally gambling on whether people die today or tomorrow. This is even worse than underground sports gambling. | |
| ▲ | indymike 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Reply of the year. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to laugh or cry. |
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| ▲ | TimTheTinker 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Anything that requires a ton of criminal law, regulation, and enforcement around it should have to meet some kind of standard of societal benefit. The entertainment value of betting does not meet that standard, in my opinion. |
