I don't think it's just gambling. Gambling is a subset of a larger problem, which is that it's easier than ever for smart but ruthless people to extract money o

I don't think it's just gambling. Gambling is a subset of a larger problem, which is that it's easier than ever for smart but ruthless people to extract money out of the rest of the population. It's probably the case that the majority of the smartest people in the most recent generations are involved in rent-seeking, Ponzi schemes, advertising, and/or skinner box creation in the form of FAANGs or other tech/fintech/crypto companies.