Idk if I have the words to explain why I think this, but we’re going to see a huge resurgence in the belief that magic and superstition is absolutely real. Beyond the “magical thinking” that Qanon and the 2016 election already exposed as so prevalent among Americans

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”

Yeah Carl Sagan called it like 30-40 years ago

Its called christianity

no one gets rich from gambling

The two growth markets in the US are AI and gambling and that's all you need to know really. Country of conmen. Societal deadend

when you put making money over the health of citizens, society will decay

and oh boy is it decaying

Oh yeah, absolutely. He was writing with Gunna’s flaming pen when he put this down on the page, sheesh

This s*** banned in my country

If you haven't vibecoded a bot to bet on your behalf on polymarket you're behind. Who cares about the societal impact of anything? What are you going to do to stop it?

Society did not suddenly begin to break down with the concept of Polymarket/ Kalshi. What paved the way for these platforms to exist?

Do you know that warfare (specifically with drones) is being gamified? Blow enough s*** up you get points for new equipment. This is real life.

Pay up

They don't even pay out half the time and don't refund you a quarter of the time

You gambling 3 times at once

p****

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