Sam Biddle

In this enlightening discussion, Sam Biddle, a journalist from The Intercept, and Jay Caspian Kang, author of Time to Say Goodbye, explore the unsettling realm of prediction markets. They delve into the ethical quandaries of betting on coups and invasions, revealing how these platforms blur moral lines. The conversation touches on DARPA's controversial experiment with terrorism forecasting and the troubling normalization of profit-seeking from violence. Biddle and Kang challenge the implications of human suffering becoming a tradable asset in our financialized world.