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meta_gunslingeron We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do

> you can predict decisions of politicians more often than not

What makes you believe this? The performance of economist/sociology experts using game theory to make predictions has been worse than a coin-flip up to this point. It also has done enormous damage.

meta_gunslingeron You are not your job

Don't wake him up from his "Noble Savage" fever-dream.

meta_gunslingeron Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis

More like a victim of woke propagandizing not being very popular with the average viewer.

meta_gunslingeron Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student

Humans are a resource for the government? Jesus man, slavery has been abolished in the West.

meta_gunslingeron US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says

Very nuanced take, thank you for your insight.

meta_gunslingeron Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 [video]

A lot of posts getting up to arms about experimentation on a handful of human brain cells, but the same people are in favour of murdering fetuses. The cognitive dissonance of this community never ceases to amaze.