Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-12-07
Books mentioned on How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Robert Evans discussed The big short by Michael Lewis and others and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Also mentioned: The Premonition by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The big short
The big short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account that explores the housing market collapse and the traders who profited from the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“it also came out that the guy who wrote The Big Short has been following him for six months so I suspect at some point it's got that's gonna be fun”
Where to get it
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussed“it also came out that the guy who wrote The Big Short has been following him for six months”
Where to get it
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“whatever the case I find myself sad for the man and it occurs to me that my reaction is exactly what might be expected from a beta in the Brave New World”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“it occurs to me that my reaction is exactly what might be expected from a beta in the Brave New World crypto is creating”
“Jamie Ellison has for years vocalized her Die Hard obsession with Harry Potter”
“Jamie Ellison has for years vocalized her Die Hard obsession with Harry Potter”
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