Episode 10: “Anybody Can Win, but Everybody’s Gonna Lose”

Hosted byMichael Lewis

Perhaps you have someone in your life who’s prone to sports gambling. Michael Lewis has someone. So he comes up with a scheme to “inoculate” his 17-year-old son against the lure of placing bets online. All the while, Lewis tries to craft the perfect “master class” for would-be gamblers to understand the dangers of what they might be getting themselves into.
Here's his reading list:
The Logic of Sports Betting by Matt Davidow and Ed Miller
Stephen Pinker’s Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil

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