The worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do.

The worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do. “We’ll bet that certain pitches will be balls; you throw those pitches into the dirt; we’ll win the bets and give you some money.” Thompson’s point is that modern gambling finds the lowest-effort way to corrupt everything, from a single forgettable pitch to wartime information. I’m not as absolutist on the morality here, but I do worry about the implications of our rapid societal embrace of gambling in all forms. ~ learn more