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Bet on it: Zvi Mowshowitz on professional gambling, trading, and AI futures

Bet on it: Zvi Mowshowitz on professional gambling, trading, and AI futures

Update: 2024-08-08
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In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Zvi Mowshowitz (TheZvi) to discuss his wide-ranging career as a professional Magic: The Gathering player, sports gambler, equities trader, public intellectual on the covid-19 epidemic, and AI-focused journalist. They go into depth on how trading happens in less formal markets with lessons that resonate in more formal markets. They also explore the fallacies of rational decision-making in large organizations, the significance of obsession and practice in achieving excellence, and exchange predictions on AI.

Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/betting-trading-zvi-mowshowitz/


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Timestamps:

(00:00 ) Intro

(00:16 ) Meet Zvi Mowshowitz

(04:11 ) Trading and Magic: The Gathering

(07:24 ) Professional sports gambling

(11:58 ) Navigating the sportsbook market

(22:33 ) Sponsor: Check

(23:48 ) Financial markets vs. sports betting

(34:02 ) Covid-19 early predictions 

(43:21 ) Covid-19 policy failures and blame

(49:52 ) Vaccine rollout chaos 

(01:01:11 ) The importance of scaling effective strategies

(01:14:46 ) AI predictions

(01:23:58 ) Wrap

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Bet on it: Zvi Mowshowitz on professional gambling, trading, and AI futures

Bet on it: Zvi Mowshowitz on professional gambling, trading, and AI futures

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