Taylor Lorenz
I wrote about the new information landscape and how prediction markets are transforming media into a libertarian fever dream https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/prediction-markets-go-mainstream/
Prediction markets go mainstream

"If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance."

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Dec 10, 2024 at 8:13pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadPeter S. L. SchmuttermaierDec 10, 2024
@taylorlorenz
So... how do you categorize this for "normal people"? Is it going to make the current state of the world better or worse? I have a very superficial understanding of those markets - but the fact, that people like Peter Thiel are involved makes me a bit anxious...
Show threadfluids_guruDec 10, 2024
@taylorlorenz John Brunner strikes again