Going Infinite
by Michael Lewis
Lewis was embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried before and during the FTX collapse. Critics felt he was too soft; the book is nonetheless a close study of how a brilliant person with no felt sense of other people runs billions into the ground.
Read it if…
you want the character study behind the FTX collapse.
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Skip it if…
you want a forensic account of the fraud; see the trial coverage.
Try instead: Gates of Fire →
Three things you will actually use
- Expected value without humility is a catastrophe.
- Disorganisation at scale is not quirky.
- Watch what people do with other people's money.
Do this first
Read the chapters on Jane Street and effective altruism for the origin of the mindset.
Our verdict
A character study, too soft.
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