{"product_id":"going-infinite-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-new-tycoon","title":"Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of grandiose ambitions, youthful arrogance, and the distorting power of money... \n\u003cstrong\u003e[Lewis] remains the greatest living exponent of the plain style in reporting. His eye for detail is unsurpassed\u003c\/strong\u003e... And as a chronicle of collective delusion - a modern version of the Dutch tulip mania - \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is \n\u003cstrong\u003ean instant classic\u003c\/strong\u003e... Michael Lewis deserves huge credit for capturing [SBF] in all his infinite weirdness... Mark Zuckerberg, another boy genius in ratty shoes, once described Twitter as a clown car that fell into a gold mine. Sam Bankman-Fried was a Seth Rogen character who fell into a tulip field circa 1634. Another one will be along in a minute. We never learn.--Helen Lewis \"The Atlantic\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLewis' storytelling is as good as ever\u003c\/strong\u003e... In the past, Mr Lewis has focused on little-known people doing extraordinary things. This time his subject is notorious... Mr Bankman-Fried's hyper-rationality sets him apart from everyone. He views people not as good or bad, but as \"probability distributions\" around a mean... By tolerating the idea that hyper-rationalists cannot make sense of the rules of the game the way most people do, Mr Lewis implicitly asks readers to reconsider whatever they thought they knew about Mr Bankman-Fried. \n\u003cstrong\u003eIn the court of public opinion, he is already convicted. That's reason enough to give this book a read.\u003c\/strong\u003e-- \"Economist\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn November 2022, FTX collapsed in a matter of days after it suffered billions of dollars in customer withdrawals, sending shockwaves through the crypto world. \n\u003cstrong\u003eTo make sense of all this, with perfect timing, comes Michael Lewis...\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is his superbly detailed picture of the man behind it...\u003c\/strong\u003eSo where might the money have gone? We still don't entirely know, though Lewis offers some preliminary balance sheet calculations ? which remain more detailed than anything FTX ever published.-- \"Evening Strandard\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is insanely readable and I devoured it\u003c\/strong\u003e, marvelling at Lewis's ability to pace, structure and humanise a story about something as dense and unfriendly as crypto... As with previous outings such as Moneyball (nerdy baseball stats), The Big Short (credit default swaps), and Flash Boys (high-frequency trading) \n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e shows off Lewis's peculiar genius for making arcane information as transporting as fantasy fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e ? Guardian-- \"Guardian\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAN INSTANT #1 \n\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e With a new afterword on Sam Bankman-Fried's trial and its aftermath \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e One of the \n\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of 2023 - One of \n\u003cem\u003ePureWow\u003c\/em\u003e's 42 Books to Gift in 2023 This Year - One of \n\u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Crypto Books of 2023 \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \" \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is in many ways Lewis at his best. He marshals a complex global story without losing sight of the delightful and revealing human details. He is a world-class noticer.\" --Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO's \n\u003cem\u003eSuccession\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"A stupefyingly pleasurable book to read.\" --Gideon Lewis-Kraus, \n\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \" \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is an instant classic.\" --Helen Lewis, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \" \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is wildly entertaining, surprising multiple times on pretty much every page, but it adds up to a sad story, even a tragedy, for its central character and for all the people who lost so much thanks to his actions.\" --John Lanchester, \n\u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Will join \n\u003cem\u003eDigital Gold\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the all-time best crypto books.\"--Jeff John Roberts, \n\u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"A wry, engaging writer and a gifted storyteller.\" --Julia M. Klein, \n\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"It may be easy to take for granted how entertainingly [Michael Lewis] pulls it off again in \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e.\" --Brett Martin, \n\u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e From the best-selling author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eFlash Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLewis at his best. . . .You could easily make a savage satire on the crazy snakes and ladders of the crypto wild west described in \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e. But if you have a feeling for the lives of these young people, it is a tragedy too. Whatever the precise proportions inside Sam Bankman-Fried of sincerity and moral seriousness versus malignity, deception and self-deception, I would defy anyone to read Lewis's book and conclude its subject to be a grifter.--Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO's Succession, Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is \n\u003cstrong\u003ea stupefyingly pleasurable book to read. It's perfectly paced, extremely funny, and fills in many gaps in a story that has been subjected to an unholy amount of reporting\u003c\/strong\u003e... What he began with \n\u003cem\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e has come into full flower with \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e. Lewis has surveyed a landscape taken by convention as settled and found it destabilized, at least here and there, by uneven and unreliable information. Perhaps Lewis's book should encourage an update, however minuscule, in our own priors.--Gideon Lewis-Kraus \"The New Yorker\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeave it to [Lewis] to have unfettered access to one of the best financial stories to come around in years\u003c\/strong\u003e.... There are, of course, the priceless anecdotes from the book... including S.B.F.'s inane conversation with Anna Wintour about whether he would attend and potentially sponsor the annual Met Gala--\"Yup!\"--and the revelations about his relationship with Ellison, the consequences of which are now playing out in court.... \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cstrong\u003eis a delightful read, highly entertaining, often insightful and amusing.\u003c\/strong\u003e It's a character study of one of the most notorious financial figures of our time.... [Lewis] does not attempt in any way to try to figure out how S.B.F. pulled off what he is accused of doing, other than by revealing that he is one strange dude, lacking empathy, and capable, apparently, of fleecing billions from his customers.--Willam Cohan \"Puck\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lewis has an uncanny instinct for a big story, and is now right in the thick of the action again\u003c\/strong\u003e... Reading Lewis can feel like being a passenger in an expertly piloted bobsleigh. You're moving so fast down the mountain, but you know you're going to be delivered safe and sound - hot chocolate waiting at the bottom. There is no need to stress, only to thrill to the scenery as it hurtles past.-- \"New Statesman\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lewis is the world's finest financial storyteller...\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is at its best in describing Bankman-Fried's rise... Lewis is equally sharp on how the effective altruism movement shifted its priorities, from donating to prevent disease and mortality in the global south to worrying about (putative) trillions of human lives across the galaxy in the distant future.--Steven Poole \"Daily Telegraph\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e is \n\u003cstrong\u003ewildly entertaining, surprising multiple times on pretty much every page\u003c\/strong\u003e, but it adds up to a sad story, even a tragedy, for its central character and for all the people who lost so much thanks to his actions... Lewis tries to answer the first question he was asked about Bankman-Fried: who was this guy? The question of his guilt or innocence Lewis leaves to the criminal justice system. I think that's good practice, given that the trial is happening right now. For what it's worth, I see no contradiction between the person described in \n\u003cem\u003eGoing Infinite\u003c\/em\u003e and the things SBF is accused of having done. In fact I think \n\u003cstrong\u003ethe book makes it easier to understand how and why he did what he allegedly did.\u003c\/strong\u003e--John Lanchester \"London Review of Books\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLewis, Michael\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e is the best-selling author of \n\u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Blind Side\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Undoing Project\u003c\/em\u003e, and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Risk\u003c\/em\u003e. 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