Nate Silver on Risking It All and the 2024 Election

I was honored to interview

Nate Silver

for

Open to Debate

about his bestselling book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything—and next Tuesday’s election.

The distinction Nate draws between people of the river (very reductively: gamblers with analytic skills) and the village (gatekeepers and maintainers of the status quo) is a really interesting and powerful way to talk about some of the biggest fights going on in today’s America. We really dig into how this is playing out in real time, especially with reference to characters such as fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried and ultra-regulators such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

We also talk about Trump, Harris, and the upcoming election. Nate is the rarest of birds when it comes to analyzing polls and data: He really works hard not to simply wishcast. And he succeeds.

This event was held at Maxwell Social, a very cool place in lower Manhattan.

For more on Nate and this event, go to Open To Debate.

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