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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Nate Silver's On the Edge

On the Edge (2024) explores the world of calculated risks that statistician and poker player Nate Silver calls “the River”—a realm inhabited by poker pros, crypto kings, and venture capitalists. These professional risk-takers influence everything in modern life, from finance to AI. Silver profiles Peter Thiel, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Altman, and other well-known risk-takers, offering insights into the mindsets that drive them. Understanding risk-takers is crucial to grasping today’s technological and economic forces.