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I argue that AI development will lead to an abundance of quality media content that will never be watched. There will be too much of it generated at an exponential rate and too little human time to consume it. Therefore, story discovery will become the winning ingredient. 👇

@infraa_ I haven’t seen football experts give their opinions on economics.

The World Cup is rigged. Too many instances of VaR completely altering the course of events to even list Not only england’s ball clearly hitting the spider cam, not only the “haircut offside” on Croatia, not only the French hand ball in the build up to their first goal but we just had a VaR ref, probably not even within 500 miles of the stadium, call a play back to end up giving a red card to Switzerland and forcing them to play a 3x world champion (with Messi), 1 man down Argentinian player was yellow carded in a totally routine challenge. VaR looks and says no foul, therefore review the yellow card given to the Argentine But, if you remove the yellow on Argentina, it “has to be simulation” and therefore a yellow on the player who simulated (Swiss, huge underdog) Only problem is that Swiss player was already on a yellow, so the yellow for simulation ends up being a second yellow/a red, and forcing the huge underdog (and the team without world superstar Messi) to play one man down- a huge disadvantage in football So some VaR ref, hundreds of miles away and not even on the pitch, gets to sit in some air conditioned booth and *force the center into an untenable position*, with absolutely no skin in the game and no accountability They know that by calling the routine yellow into question, they’ll force the hand of the center. The VaR is, for all intents and purposes, *the* ref nowadays and therefore, capable to rig a game (should they decide to) When I was growing up and playing competitive soccer in the 90s-00s, football was “The Beautiful game”. It’ll always have the haters, but I promise it wasn’t always like this. This is anything but. @FIFAcom and @FIFAWorldCup are really not doing anything to beat the allegations of rigging the biggest tournament in the world. The entire thing feels so much more rigged than I would ever have imagined is even possible, for a sport that used to be beautiful. A shame. Disgusting what this sport has devolved into.

@AdamKing10TV Disagree. A dive to cause a yellow card is sanctionable and the rule was implemented exactly for this reason. Shame on the player who decided to flop and leave his teammates in 10.

VAR has absolutely ruined so many matches in this World Cup. This is not what how it was intend to be used.

@PatMcAfeeShow No. What is crazy is to be on a yellow and flop in that manner to put your team in 10. Really stupid.

VAR IS FOCKING CRAAAAAZY

@SharpFootball There is zero reason to complain here. That was a clear simulation and the yellow had to be reversed based on current rules just like in the USA game. The player was already on a yellow.

if every Argentine got a yellow card when they dove they’d have no one left to play in this game

@patrickbetdavid Down to 10. Hard at this point but not impossible.

Argentina is playing with fire. Switzerland seems to be the dominant team so far. They seem like they want it more. Let’s see who finishes strong.

@EricBalchunas Stick to ETFs Eric.

Is there any bigger killjoy in sports than offsides in soccer?

@Puncher522 Been watching and playing this incredible game since I was a baby. Today shows exactly why! Amazing.

Argentina!!! Wow!!

@WallStreetMav Oh wow. What a realization 😂😂😂

I no longer donate anything to “charity”. I have come to the conclusion that most charities and family foundations are complete scams. They aren’t funding some noble cause. Their purpose is to provide salaries and pay the expenses of the executives or family members or other connected individuals. The charity wrapper is primarily a tax avoidance strategy. Trillions of $$$ are parked in these tax free entities, invested and growing and supporting designated beneficiaries with jobs, travel and expenses.

@benjamincowen Way too easy for them. Too many mistakes on our part. Cannot afford that at this level. We learn. We come back in 2030.

Sad to see the USA lose, but Belgium was the better team

@patrickbetdavid 100%. The teams that were supposed to deliver the best football in the world played the most boring and unattractive game at this WC.

This Portugal v Spain game could cure insomnia. So far, it’s the most boring game in the World Cup.

@SkylarSkye3 Not at all. Come back in 10 years and see what a country with this population can produce in terms of talent given so much is now being invested in young academies starting at 4-5 year olds.

I have a feeling football (soccer) is about to become the biggest sport in the USA? Is this controversial?

@TaylorTwellman It would be masterclass from US. Not to mention no asterisks for a win.

Wouldn't it be awesome if Poch.....doesn't play Balogun and sets the tone from the start that they can win without him. See if I was on Belgium or the manager of them I'd be using this in a positive way for my group......not this!!! Nagelsmann was complaining about the schedule before Paraguay....then what?

@usmntaut That would be complete masterclass, however a better story is to put him in and have him score a hat trick 😁

Is the world prepared for a possibility that Pochettino doesn’t play Balogun and we win anyway?

@benlikessport Best post of the week!

Usually it’s called soccer But tomorrow night in Seattle, for one day only against Belgium It’s called Monday Night Football.

@mikealfred Relax. It’s all fine. Stop with the nonsense drama. I’m pretty sure they know how to escort them out. Enjoy the beautiful sport. ⚽️

@APompliano 😁😁😁

So far this year we have captured Maduro, neutralized Iran’s nuclear program, captured & killed multiple cartel leaders, and made FIFA reverse a red card. America’s generational run continues.

@johnwalker_1986 Article 27 says otherwise. They didn’t decide based on some random thought.

USA v Belgium: Balogun Available This is much worse than Paraguay's behaviour & up there with the random Ronaldo suspended sentence for his 3-Match Ban to ensure his availability. Red cards, almost breaking someone's ankle and elbowing players is actually meant to have consequences but not if you can just make up the rules as you go along. The WC has been fun from a lot of nations but the behaviour of FIFA in some of these decisions, including the hydration breaks is just becoming nonsense. Balogun should be nowhere near a football pitch tomorrow!

@espn Incredible!!!!

Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

@benjamincowen @ITCConf Kudos Ben!

After the first 10 days, the @ITCConf (Nov 20-22 in Miami) already has a great lineup of speakers 🔥🔥🔥 I hope to see you there! benjamincowen.com/conference

@USMNT @balogun A win against Belgium is the best present for @balogun bday.

🎉 happy birthday @balogun! 🎉