Prediction markets like Polymarket are the epitome of the free market. Bet on anything no matter who you are or what it incentivizes - it can’t be bad if everyone exchanging money consents. Anarcho-capitalists like Rothbard have said insider trading is fine. But the result of all this is more power to the powerful by exploiting their insider status and short-term gratification in exchange for future disaster. Fortunately Corbett sees some of this, but he doesn’t seem to realize this fundamentally contradicts his free market views.

They have researchers working on other things too, don’t you worry

But wouldn’t that be very odd? A lot of those 40-year olds would probably give the middle finger.

Use cash for now, but start transitioning to other privacy currencies, especially those that don’t depend on technology, such as precious metals and local currencies like Ithaca hours. Edit: I say transition away from cash (as in government-produced cash) because that they have serial numbers that enable tracking and they can decide to declare them invalid or inflate away their value through printing if people continue to use them anyway.

Bills also have serial numbers on them

This is very true. And technology more generally is a means of power and thereby allows the few to control the many. Technology needs to remain local and of limited capabilities.

Yes.

Pause? Don’t you mean undo?

This seems like an excuse to normalize age/ID checks even for people who are obviously over 18. Totalitarian Britain being totalitarian as usual.

This is the way

In this case yes, although it comes off as a very mild complaint

I have literally not seen anyone complain about it. As the tweet says “we just accept”.

Thanks, fixed now

Everything was better before computers

Sanitation is actually the main thing that improved health, but it doesn’t require modern technology. Big pharma would much rather have you believe that health was improved by vaccines and drugs, but I think those did more harm than good.

Agreed. This technology’s existence is a net negative to humanity, whether everyone has it or just the police have it. It all needs to be stopped, no exceptions for any government agency, research lab, corporation and non-profit organization.

You seriously think all the increase in mental illness is due to changed attitudes and better diagnosis? Does that explain depression and anxiety prevalence doubling in a single decade, 2008-2018? Does it also explain how results of a standardized psychometric test rose consistently from 1938 to 2007? Obviously it falls very far short of explaining these things, although it is one factor affecting many mental health statistics.

That is not inherently tech, this is greed and capitalism.

Greed and capitalism enables the tech which causes the problem. The effect of the tech would be largely the same if it was developed for other purposes. Social media that wasn’t developed by companies for profit is still addictive and is still a lame substitute for real human interaction. It’s slightly less bad but the fundamentals are the same.

This post wasn’t about recommendations, just information that people should know. Make your own decisions based on your own assessment of the risks and likely returns associated with each option. I’d say precious metals in your physical possession are a simple option with low risk but that’s my opinion.

Better to stash precious metals since they won’t lose their value. Of course there are other options so make your own decisions based on your own assessment of the various risks involved.

Voting gives the system an appearance of consent and legitimacy. Mass non-compliance is the answer.