“It’s honestly been eye opening (in a bad way) to see how special interests work in our system” says the Head of Politics at Kalshi, which pays Donald Trump Jr. to sit on its advisory board and has spent over a million in lobbying over the past ~year. The government has just filed a lawsuit to intervene to protect Kalshi from several state regulators.
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Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be everywhere, but what are prediction markets doing to society?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Jathan Sadowski to dig into the ideological goal to financialize everything and the many harms that arise from that model.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/329_prediction_markets_want_to_financialize_everything_w_jathan_sadowski
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Prediction markets are one of the many ways society is crumbling under the pressure to financialize everything — which crypto and NFTs were part of.
I spoke with Jathan Sadowski to dig into how tech companies are harming us to maximize profit.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/prediction_markets_want_to_financialize_everything_w_jathan_sadowski
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