A look at Manifest, an annual convention for prediction markets where many purists worry that Kalshi and Polymarket are undermining the technology's public good
THE SO WHAT
The fight over Super Bowl bets vs. “public good” markets is about control of the narrative surface, not just ideology. If you’re building in prediction or information markets, assume regulators and platforms will anchor on consumer betting optics first and epistemic value second.
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