Tag: war
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Have You Heard Of A PolyMarket?
When does “predicting the future” cross the line into profiting from tragedy? We’ve reached a point where war and human life are being traded like blue-chip stocks. Here’s why the rise of geopolitical betting markets makes me fear we might finally be a lost cause.
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The War Prayer Mark Twain
“O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their…