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Polymarket Decides Incentivizing a Nuclear Detonation Might Be a Bad Idea (gizmodo.com)

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[–] Elysia@hexbear.net 37 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Murphy warned that allowing these wagers to go on could create incentives for people in the Situation Room to think about how they could profit from military decisions instead of focusing on national security.

Can't incentivize winning the big upset "no US war crimes for a day" bet

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 15 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

anakin-padme-4 So that means they'll be removing all the other bets that offer a perverse incentive for our leaders to abuse their positions of power for their own gain?