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Going Infinite
This episode explores how the intoxicating belief in limitless potential and a game-theory approach to life led Sam Bankman-Fried to build and then spectacularly dismantle the FTX empire.
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“This episode explores how the intoxicating belief in limitless potential and a game-theory approach to life led Sam Bankman-Fried to build and then spectacularly dismantle the FTX empire.”
— Michael Lewis, Going Infinite
Finance, Ethics, Human Behavior, Risk
If you've ever seen brilliant people rationalize catastrophic decisions, or wondered how abstract ideals detach from reality, this clarifies the subtle shifts that lead to collapse, and this will help you see what to do next.
Michael Lewis, with his signature ability to humanize complex financial narratives, meticulously reconstructs the inner world and external actions of Sam Bankman-Fried, revealing the mindset behind one of history's most audacious financial collapses.