I peek at Meta's Threads every now and then. Just saw an ad for an app that lets me bet on things like "what will Mr. Beast say in his next video?" though completely unclear what yes/no means in this context.

I looked it up and this is being considered A Very Serious Company by other very serious companies.

It's just lightly regulated betting, but they call it "direct investment hedging against unpredictable macroeconomic events". I hate our reality

businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnb

Ad from Kalshi. "What will Mr. Beast say next?" Yes button to bet $0.55, No button to bet $0.49. You can evidently both buy and sell bets. Infinite regress of commoditization.
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