Penguin Books On the Edge the Art of Risking Everything

Isbn: 9780241568521

author: nate silver

publisher: allen lane

language: english

volume: paperback

summary: 'masterly.'

utterly compelling.

A highly readable and engaging tour' sam freedman, the timesfrom the new york times bestselling author of the signal and the noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk-and the players raising the stakesin the bestselling the signal and the noise, nate silver showed how forecasting would define the age of big data. Şimdi, bu zamanında ve büyüleyici yeni kitapta, silver "the river" veya riski yönetmelerinin sayesinde çok fazla modern yaşamı şekillendirmeleri ve yönetmeleri olan kişileri araştırıyor. Bu profesyonel risk alıcılar-poker oyuncuları ve hedge fon yöneticileri, gerçek kripto inançları ve mavi çip sanat koleksiyoncuları-bize 21. yüzyılın belirsizliğini nasıl aşacağımız konusunda çok şey öğretebilirler.

by embedding within these worlds, silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all, from the frontiers of finance to the future of ai.

the river has increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society, and understanding their mindset-including the flaws in their thinking-is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today.

there are certain commonalities in this otherwise diverse group: high tolerance for risk

appreciation of uncertainty

affinity for numbers

skill at decoupling

self-reliance and distrust of conventional wisdom.

for the river, complexity is baked in, and the work is how to navigate it, without going beyond the pale. Taking us behind-the-scenes from casinos to venture capital firms to meetings of the effective altruism movement, on the edge is a deeply-reported, all-access journey into a hidden world of powerbrokers and risk-takers.