Why Extreme Risk Takers Are Winning — With Nate Silver

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Nate Silver is a statistician, election prognosticator, and bestselling author. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his reporting on extreme risk takers, and why the seem to be winning. Tune in to hear Silver's theory on how society bifurcates into the risk-forward, probability oriented thinkers (The River) and the safety seeking, status oriented community (The Village). In this episode, we discuss poker, sports betting, effective altruism, VC, AI research, and existential threads to humankind. Tune in for a fascinating deep dive from one of The River's foremost instigators. To buy Silver's book, On The Edge, check out his book page: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529280/on-the-edge-by-nate-silver/ --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Why is a group of extreme risk takers dominating our society and how is their mentality influencing everything from tech startups to artificial intelligence?
0:09.9	We'll find out in a conversation with election prognosticator and bestselling author Nate Silver all coming up right after this.
0:17.6	Hey, I'm Michael Kovnet, host of The Next Big Idea Daily.
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0:41.4	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the
0:45.9	tech world and beyond.
0:47.1	Boy, do we have a show for you today, one I've been looking forward to for a long time
0:50.8	because Nate Silver is here.
0:52.6	He's the best-telling author of The Signal and the Noise.
0:55.1	He's also the author of a new book called On the Edge,
0:58.0	The Art of Risking Everything.
0:59.5	It's out this week.
1:00.3	It's one of the best books I've read in a long time.
1:03.1	And I'm really stoked for this conversation.
1:04.9	So Nate, welcome.
1:05.7	So great to have you here.
1:06.9	Thank you so much, Alex.
1:08.0	I really appreciate it. Your book goes into this group of risk takers. You call them the
1:13.4	river. We'll get into that in a minute. But I'm just curious how you think about risk taking because
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