Michael Lewis: evaluation

15 Dec 2025 Acquired 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)

“Because of where you're coming from and because you're thinking of this in very practical terms like why did this work, you do get away with it. It's just that first episode, you're almost like different people, but I'm going to hold back on what I think you've learned because I want to see if you get to it.”

— Michael Lewis

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Speaker: Michael Lewis
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Claim type: evaluation
Recorded: 15 Dec 2025
Publisher: Acquired
Episode: 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)

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…Yeah, understand why things worked. Right. That's a different starting spot from almost all journalism. In fact, if most journalists started there, they'd be accused of hagiography. Because of where you're coming from and because you're thinking of this in very practical terms like why did this work, you do get away with it. It's just that first episode, you're almost like different people, but I'm going to hold back on what I think you've learned because I want to see if you get to it. What's the third episode that you have learned a lesson from? I think Berkshire, we learned so many things from. We did this three part saga on Berkshire Hathaway.…

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