Patreon Preview – 452. Lady Luck is the World Spirit

We talk about a new innovation in focus groups and public polling called “silicon sampling” — or a new way that models which claim to represent the world are actually engines that shape reality. The art, science, and illusion of modelling human beliefs and behaviors has always been riddled with problems, but now it's being done on a much grander scale using intrinsically impenetrable techniques. From there we further crystallize our grand theory of the World Casino. ••• This Is What Will Ruin Public Opinion Polling for Good ••• The Bookmaker ••• The Casino That’s Eating the World Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan’s book: •••

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Patreon Preview – 452. Lady Luck is the World Spirit is an episode from This Machine Kills by This Machine Kills.

This episode is 00:07:09 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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