On the Edge - The Art of Risking Everything

The Instant “Engaging and entertaining… a glimpse of the economy of the future.” -- Tim Wu, From the In the bestselling These professional risk-takers--poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectors--can 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. Most of us don’t have traits commonly found in the River: high tolerance for risk, appreciation of uncertainty, affinity for numbers--paired with an instinctive distrust of conventional wisdom and a competitive drive so intense it can border on irrational. For those in the River, complexity is baked in, and the work is how to navigate it. People in the River have increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society, and understanding their mindset--and the flaws in their thinking-- is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today. Taking us behind the scenes from casinos to venture capital firms, and from the FTX inner sanctum to meetings of the effective altruism movement,

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Nate Silver

Product details

• Authors: Nate Silver, Silver Nate
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9780593491645
• ISBN: 978-0-593-49164-5
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 213 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Forecasting, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Mathematics, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Sudoku & Number Puzzles, economic forecasting, Sudoku and number puzzles