Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-08-21
Books mentioned on Nate Silver on Risk-takers, Politicians, and Poker Players
In his second appearance, Nate Silver joins the show to cover the intersections of predictions, politics, and poker with Tyler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On the Edge
On the Edge by Nate Silver is an exploration of the habits, risk-taking behaviors, and mental frameworks of high-stakes decision-makers, from professional poker players to pioneering tech entrepreneurs.
Discussed“you might say he has a new book out which I thought was excellent informative fun on every page on the edge the art of risking everything Nate welcome”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Vodka Politics
“there's a book about Soviet Union it's called vodka politics s bankman freed”
Own book On the Edge
“yeah i this like list of things like I want to learn more about like um you know European soccer Pot Limit Omaha and like and like and like wine basically those are all things that I think I would like very much but like I've never quite explored fully again to repeat Nate's book on the edge the art”