Going infinite the rise and fall of a new tycoon
(2024, original release: 2023)

Nonfiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/332.4048/LEWIS,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Large Type LARGE TYPE/332.4048/LEWIS,M Available
Large Type LARGE TYPE/332.4048/LEWIS,M Due: 1/10/2026

Details

PUBLISHED
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024
©2023
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION

453 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9798885797993, 9798885797993
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Preface -- Yup -- The Santa Claus problem -- Meta games -- The march of progress -- How to think about Bob -- Artificial love -- The org chart -- The dragon's hoard -- The vanishing -- Manfred -- Truth serum -- Coda

"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system"--