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