On The Edge

I'm an avid consumer of Nate Silver's work, so I was excited to read his new book On the Edge. It's a book about mastering risk, and the people who seek to gain advantages through superior risk management.

There were some interesting sections. For example, the section on Sam Bankman-Fried was pretty inciteful as SBF granted Silver some interviews just as FTX was collapsing. I also found the AI section very interesting.

But otherwise, I found the book too long and difficult to get through. I'm usually pretty quick to put books down nowadays if they can't hold my interest, but I made an exception for Silver and as a result I read less during this period than I otherwise would have. I much preferred (and highly recommend) his other book, The Signal and the Noise.