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Readers
56/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Nate Silver
Publisher:
Penguin Press
Date:
August 13, 2024
Silver investigates "the River," the community of like-minded people whose mastery of risk allows them to shapeâand dominate-âso much of modern life. These professional risk-takersâpoker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectorsâcan teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. By immersing himself in the worlds of Doyle Brunson, Peter Thiel, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Altman, and many others, Silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all, from the frontiers of finance to the future of AI.
What The Reviewers Say
Engaging and entertaining.
So focused on bettors and the bets they bet that one might suspect it was written not by Nate Silver but by Nathan Detroit.
A hefty set of meditations on probabilistic thinking, only this time the author is taking in broader horizons.
Silver compellingly theorizes that humans are in general too risk averse, and that those who can discerningly fight that impulse often benefit greatly in life.
