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[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Is there a history of how the cult of prediction markets spread to Silicon Valley? Its an old idea but since the 1990s is especially popular with Libertarians and hard neoliberals like Robin Hanson. When did it get on LessWrong? By 2013 or so, rationalists were telling strangers at social events that the only way to know if a healthcare system worked was to bet on it, and not just, you know, risk your life and health on it.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

Cyberlibertarianism covers it relatively well.

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