Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-06-23
Books mentioned on Agustin Lebron - Trading, Crypto, and Adverse Selection
Agustin Lebron began his career as a trader and researcher at Jane Street Capital, one of the largest market-making firms in the world. He currently runs the consulting firm Essilen Research, where he is dedicated to helping clients integrate modern decision-making approaches in their business.
Dwarkesh Patel recommended The Laws of Trading by Agustin Lebron. Agustin Lebron recommended A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge, Red-Blooded Risk by Aaron Brown, The Poker Face of Wall Street by Aaron Brown, and Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Laws of Trading
The Laws of Trading by Agustin Lebron is a practical guide that applies structured decision-making frameworks, economic theories, and mental models to financial trading and everyday problem-solving.
Recommended“today i have the pleasure of speaking with augustine lebron who is the author of the laws of trading a trader's guide to better decision making for everyone um this is one of those books uh you know tyler cowan calls these quake books that completely um shift the models you have of the world um i i really really”
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A Deepness in the Sky
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge is a sweeping, critically acclaimed hard science fiction novel that explores deep-space civilization, ancient alien species, and the grueling challenges of technological evolution.
Recommended“probably the best book i have ever read about software development is actually uh science fiction um vern revenge a deepness in the sky i feel like is uh very crucially about like it sort of takes this idea like what if we've been building on the same software stack for six thousand years what does that look like”
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Red-Blooded Risk
Red-Blooded Risk by Aaron Brown is a non-fiction book exploring the nature of risk-taking and financial analysis.
Recommended“if you're a software engineer and you like science fiction you know read it with the eye towards thinking of it as a softer book as a thing i would say um if you want to think about kind of risk-taking in general uh aaron brown's red-blooded risk is i'm trying to think of books that probably people haven't heard”
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The Poker Face of Wall Street
The Poker Face of Wall Street by Aaron Brown is a finance book that explores the connections between poker and market trading.
Recommended“in fact all of his books are really good like um the thing that got me interested in finance was reading his book uh the poker face of wall street because i was playing poker at the time and it's kind of like hey maybe wall street maybe that's a thing”
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Kolyma Stories
Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov is a collection of narratives detailing the harrowing experiences of individuals who survived the Stalinist labor camps in Siberia.
Recommended“and one that's uh kind of off the wall a little bit is uh it's called kalima stories by varalam shalamov and it is a collection of stories about people who who sort of lived in the gulag in siberia during sort of stalinist times um i think it is possibly the most revealing book about human nature that i've”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“peter thiel says that the straw student reading of zero to one is that you shouldn't start a startup and i think that tell me what you think about this i think the strasian reading of the laws of trading is that you shouldn't trade right”
“okay so the book is the laws of trading available on amazon um and yeah do you want to give your twitter handle plus any other place where viewers can find you”