Thanks for such an interesting and sad insight into how gambling yet again diminishes us. What I'd really like to see - the social media data which categories exactly all their users by their pathology - it must be an exact science now. I always rolled my eyes when communities were wringing their hands about "why can't social media stop the trolling?". Social media identifies and grooms the trolls, that's the bread and butter of their industry. I guess from this piece human cynicism is endless.
How they manage to stay focused on the game, not just with the social media threats but with the staring and name calling during matches, is remarkable to me.
Pros are good at hearing and seeing nothing outside the lines of the court when they need to. As in - nothing exists beyond those boundaries, there is only the ball and the score. Sometimes not even the score! Madison Keys, after beating Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open, couldn’t even remember whether she’d faced a match point five minutes earlier. That is *focus*.
Thanks for such an interesting and sad insight into how gambling yet again diminishes us. What I'd really like to see - the social media data which categories exactly all their users by their pathology - it must be an exact science now. I always rolled my eyes when communities were wringing their hands about "why can't social media stop the trolling?". Social media identifies and grooms the trolls, that's the bread and butter of their industry. I guess from this piece human cynicism is endless.
The Bible did say it quite well: the love of money is the root of all evil.
It’s not money that’s bad per se, it’s putting it above other things which corrupts us.
How they manage to stay focused on the game, not just with the social media threats but with the staring and name calling during matches, is remarkable to me.
Pros are good at hearing and seeing nothing outside the lines of the court when they need to. As in - nothing exists beyond those boundaries, there is only the ball and the score. Sometimes not even the score! Madison Keys, after beating Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open, couldn’t even remember whether she’d faced a match point five minutes earlier. That is *focus*.