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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

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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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[–] 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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