Coplan: Prediction markets offer a 10x improvement and will displace polling
Shayne Coplan · 2024 Election Night Livestream with the Besties! · Nov 6, 2024 · at 1:22:21
Shayne Coplan, founder of Polymarket, argues on All-In's 2024 Election Night stream that prediction markets will inevitably replace traditional polling.
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“And it's like, the reality is after today, if things continue to trend in the direction that they're trending, like the idea of trusting an individual pollster and taking their word for it is now antiquated technology. Like Polymarket has arrived. It has proven itself to be a 10 X plus improvement. And the innovators dilemma will inevitably run its course.”
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