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21 Aug 2024 Conversations with Tyler Nate Silver on Risk-takers, Politicians, and Poker Players
“I think in general that history is often quite contingent on very flawed human beings.”
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- 21 Aug 2024
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…But you’ve talked to all these people. You’ve thought about it, right? Yes. I think, in the case of SBF, that drugs are maybe less a part of it than some things. I think in general that history is often quite contingent on very flawed human beings. There’s a good Matt Yglesias post about this in the context of decisions about whether people run for president or not, from Joe Biden deciding to step down to Teddy Roosevelt and things like that. When you do have some access to really smart people in the halls of power, people are often winging it. You know what I mean? Of course, usually.…
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