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

 

Perhaps you have someone in your life who&rsquo;s prone to sports gambling. Michael Lewis has someone. So he comes up with a scheme to &ldquo;inoculate&rdquo; his 17-year-old son against the lure of placing bets online. All the while, Lewis tries to craft the perfect &ldquo;master class&rdquo; for would-be gamblers to understand the dangers of what they might be getting themselves into.
Here's his reading list:
<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Logic_of_Sports_Betting/y_c_xQEACAAJ?hl=en">The Logic of Sports Betting</a> by Matt Davidow and Ed Miller
Stephen Pinker&rsquo;s <a href="https://stevenpinker.com/publications/rationality-what-it-why-it-seems-so-scarce-and-why-it-matters">Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters</a>
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363/weapons-of-math-destruction-by-cathy-oneil/">Weapons of Math Destruction</a> by Cathy O&rsquo;Neil
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Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis explores the figures in American life who rely on the public's trust, whether in sports, in business, in the courtroom, or on TV. What happens when that trust erodes and we can no longer agree on what's fair and what's not?

Get your copy of The Big Short audiobook, narrated by Michael Lewis, on Audible, Spotify, Apple Books, pushkin.fm/bigshort or wherever you get audiobooks.

Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis explores the figures in American life who rely on the public's trust, whether in sports, in business, in the courtroom, or on TV. What happens when that trust erodes and we can no longer agree on what's fair and what's not?
Get your copy of The Big Short audiobook, narrated by Michael Lewis, on <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Big-Short-Inside-the-Doomsday-Machine-Audiobook/B0FJTH21JS?qid=1758041668&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=W8EJYNFBTNKENZERAF3F&amp;plink=MffxLjWat1SZzQ9C&amp;pageLoadId=8twGCD6I2yKFLwtS&amp;creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1">Audible</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4jMnkmyFmZT7j7R72nlNXz?si=b627a059b2e644cc">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-big-short-inside-the-doomsday-machine/id1828393213">Apple Books</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://pushkin.fm/bigshort">pushkin.fm/bigshort</a> or wherever you get audiobooks.

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

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

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