Peter and Michael discuss Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, a young prodigy whose only flaw was that he dreamed too big.

Where to find us:

• Peter's other podcast, 5-4
• Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

• Michael Lewis Is Buying What Sam Bankman-Fried Is Selling
• Michael Lewis Likens Critics of His New Book on Sam Bankman-Fried to a 'Mob'
• The SBF trial is a reminder that crypto is a rotten business
• Review: Michael Lewis's Going Infinite
• The Curious Case of FTX’s ‘Company Therapist’ (vice.com)
• FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident
• Going Infinite by Michael Lewis review – falling for the antihero
• The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells
• Takeaways From a New Book on Sam Bankman-Fried
• Caroline Ellison Testifies Against Sam Bankman-Fried, Blaming Him for Crimes

Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

2 Better 2 Angels

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Where to find us:

• Peter's other podcast, 5-4
• Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

• Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze
• Pinker’s response to Epstein allegations
• How Jeffrey Epstein Captivated Harvard
• Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA
• It’s Official — Steven Pinker Is Full of Shit
• Pinker, Epstein, Soldier, Spy
• A century of sexual abuse victimisation: A birth cohort analysis
• The prevalence of child sexual abuse with online sexual abuse added
• Have Sexual Abuse and Physical Abuse Declined Since the 1990s?
• Explanations for the Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
• The Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
• Why Have Child Maltreatment and Child Victimization Declined?
• Spanking and Other Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents: Undervaluing Children, Overvaluing Pain
• Were There Really More Hate Crimes Last Year?
• Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police
• The Sexual Victimization of College Women
• The "Discovery" of Child Abuse
• A Short History of Child Protection in America

Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

We're finally discussing a good book! Naomi Klein's "Doppelgänger" chronicles the long, steady descent of another Naomi — Wolf (buddy oof) — from feminist icon to crank conspiracist.

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