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Nate Silver: belief

21 Aug 2024 Conversations with Tyler Nate Silver on Risk-takers, Politicians, and Poker Players

“You wouldn’t want to take that risk constantly, but I think you have to live a little bit.”

— Nate Silver

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Nate Silver
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belief
Recorded
21 Aug 2024
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Conversations with Tyler

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…I should do less of that. I went to Costa Rica a couple of years ago. It’s very rainy there, obviously, at least the part of Costa Rica that I was in. You’re probably doing things like going swimming. The waves in Costa Rica are really something. It’s probably, objectively, pretty dangerous to be in the Pacific Ocean without a lifeguard nearby. It’s probably fairly dangerous. Or going up some gravel road in the middle of a rainstorm. You wouldn’t want to take that risk constantly, but I think you have to live a little bit. What’s the way you would describe or think about what it adds to your life? I do know people who don’t do any of that. Maybe they’re missing something, but what is it exactly?…

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