By Neil Seeman

Neil Seeman is CEO of publishing firm Sutherland House Experts, and a Senior Fellow at Massey College and the University of Toronto’s Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. His latest book is Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain (Sutherland House).

FanDuel, DraftKings and other online gambling apps are displayed on a phone in San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2022. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo.

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Is online betting worth the addictive risks?

In April 2022, when Ontario legalized online gaming, mental health advocates and addiction researchers were aghast. And understandably so.

Neil Seeman - May 9, 2024

A child demonstrator yells into a megaphone during a clash of rallies in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press.

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May your opinions always be yours

Your enemies will try to hang you no matter what you disclaim or how vigorously you disclaim it. And if you keep mum on matters of morality about which you care deeply, then the loudest voices win. Free speech and the marketplace of ideas wither under a booming din of disclaimers.

Neil Seeman - March 5, 2024