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Imagine for a moment, if we could predict the unforeseen. It’s an idea I have pondered throughout my tenure as a hospital response coordinator. Kalshi’s markets, like windows into the future, hold the possibility to foretell the next twist in emergency management, to make the unpredictable, predictable. Your current proposal to shutter these markets neglects to recognize the power they wield in telegraphing shifts in public policy and illuminating where the next wave of support—or challenge—may arise.
Through the interplay of predictions and possibilities, these markets provide unspoken narratives that are vital for those of us who must swiftly make bold decisions and think quickly and calmly on our feet. I propose an extension of the public commentary period, to collect the stories and wisdom of those at the front lines—emergency managers, NGOs, and resilience thinkers—who might not have a reliance on these markets, but who would be extremely benefitted by such information.
Should these markets permanently close, we lose more than a toolkit; we shut out the help that guides us through uncertain environments in times of vulnerability.
