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Lightcone is so outraged at the Guardian article that they have started a prediction market about it (manifold.markets)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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WE DEMAND A CORRECTION TO uh various minor nitpicks

also we swear we totally didn't get your email

bonus from thread:

I am having a lot of fun on Manifold, but if the team insists on inviting eugenics speakers to conferences, its probably time for me to leave :-/

What exactly is your objection to people exercising their bodily autonomy to implement voluntary eugenics?

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (8 children)

is it considered acceptable journalistic ethics at Vox for a journalist who reports on EAs and prediction markets to make prediction market bets on how a journalistic outlet will follow-up a story on prediction markets and EAs? My eyebrows have just levitated so high they've collided with a starlink swarm.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    yes, she's ingroup

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But betting? There’s being an insider and then there’s profiting, and aren’t most journalists prohibited from trading or betting on their covered areas?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    she's literally paid from an EA grant for the work at vox, so she can hardly compromise her journalistic ethics more.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    There really is a difference in professional ethics guidelines, though. Matt Levine used to work at Goldman, he totally always sides with financialization, and for that matter everyone at Bloomberg is paid by Mike Bloomberg, but they still have professional guidelines preventing them from most trading.

    ETA: lol. lmao, even

    A Vox spokesperson declined to comment on whether the company has an ethics policy in place around reporters betting on sports they cover.

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