Molly WhiteOct 4, 2023

I've reviewed Michael Lewis's book Going Infinite, which just published today as Sam Bankman-Fried's trial kicks off. Ultimately, it's a story of the FTX collapse that never meaningfully changed from the hero story Lewis originally set out to write.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/review-michael-lewiss-going-infinite

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Review: Michael Lewis's Going Infinite

If Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted in the upcoming FTX fraud trial, Lewis’s admiring biography will take an awkward place on the shelves of history.

Molly White
Show threadMolly WhiteOct 4, 2023

If Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted in the upcoming FTX fraud trial, Lewis’s admiring biography will take an awkward place on the shelves of history.

#FTX #SBF #GoingInfinite #MichaelLewis #crypto #cryptocurrency #BookReview

Show threadErin ConroyOct 4, 2023

@molly0xfff

Wow this is *so* disappointing. I've read a lot of Michael Lewis' books and always thought he was smart and skeptical. Yikes. Putting it all on the line for SBF? Why?

Show threadRob IsaacOct 4, 2023
@chargrille I think his most successful niche as an author is writing about the plucky underdog who went against conventional wisdom and won big. If, as @molly0xfff theorised, he went into this expecting to tell that story, I guess it must have been pretty hard to change direction. Pretty heartbroken, tbh.
Show threadErin Conroy

@rmi @molly0xfff

Yeah. This is a big fall from grace, in my book.

Oct 4, 2023 at 2:53amWeb