52 - GAMBLOR: The Growing War On Agency
from The Chris Endrey Podcast Hosted by Chris Endrey
There's been a fair bit of gambling discourse around lately and it's really stood out how much of the conversation is framed by a world that no longer exists. Here I'm hoping to move beyond “gambling is good/bad” and instead ask: how much responsibility should fall on individuals when modern tech products are maximally designed to exploit human weakness at scale? It's an important conversation to get right, because these products and industries are only growing in capability, and this is just one of many fronts where we appear to be sleepwalking into a world that we need to better understand. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction to gambling culture and societal relevance 03:01 Gambling as a social question 06:25 From betting shops to gambling apps 09:40 Data, profiling and vulnerability 11:56 Prediction markets and the attention economy 14:00 Individual choice and collective responsibility 17:34 What gambling harm looks like firsthand 20:32 A more mature framework for regulation 24:43 Beyond gambling: technology and addiction 26:46 Closing reflections
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