30 min listen
What Next TBD: Why Are Bots Buying Sneakers?
FromSlate Technology
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The bots aren’t just buying cool sneakers. They’re buying concert tickets. Tickets to basketball games and Broadway shows. At the beginning of the pandemic, they were buying hand sanitizer and face masks. And later, they were booking vaccine reservation spots.
Why are bots taking over certain markets? And is there anything we can do to slow them down?
Guests:
Derreck Johnson, designer at Slate
Eric Budish, economics professor at the University of Chicago
Host: Seth Stevenson
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Why are bots taking over certain markets? And is there anything we can do to slow them down?
Guests:
Derreck Johnson, designer at Slate
Eric Budish, economics professor at the University of Chicago
Host: Seth Stevenson
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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