I started swimming and I realized probably like a couple hours in that I wasn't getting

closer to shore.

There are moments when we realize that we're out of our depth, that we're drowning.

Respect the polygon if you're in it, you've got to do something now.

If we're really lucky, we'll find someone who knows how to save us.

But we have to know where to find them.

And then we have to listen.

I think a lot of people think that just because they can google something that they know

what they're talking about.

Against the rules is back.

I'm Michael Lewis.

Each season I've taken a broad look at various authority figures in American life and tried

to understand what their experience tells us about unfairness.

I've talked about referees and I've talked about coaches.

This season is all about experts.

Your life has probably been saved by an expert many times over and what's weird about that,

you probably don't even know who they are.

I'm a long ways away from shaking a hand of someone who's life I've saved.

When people think experts, they think miracle workers or magicians.

People want you to be an all purpose expert.

Yes.

After you crack baseball, you can crack cancer.

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