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On the Edge

The Art of Risking Everything
Brief Description
From 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 stake In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data.... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback

On the Edge

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From 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 stake

In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates "The River," or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape-and dominate-so much of modern life.

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 21st century. 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 de-coupling; self-reliance and a distrust of the 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241568521

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Allen Lane

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 868g

Pages: 576

About the Author

Nate Silver is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and the internationally bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, which was published in a dozen languages. He writes the Substack 'Silver Bulletin'.

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