{"id":1561,"global_id":"pdxbookfest.org?id=1561","global_id_lineage":["pdxbookfest.org?id=1561"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-09-06 15:45:48","date_utc":"2023-09-06 15:45:48","modified":"2023-10-09 15:53:09","modified_utc":"2023-10-09 22:53:09","url":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/event\/michael-lewis-going-infinite\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/1561","title":"Michael Lewis: Going Infinite","description":"

This is a special event at Portland Book Festival which requires an add-on ticket<\/a> to attend.<\/h3>\n

From the #1 best-selling author of\u00a0The Big Short<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Flash Boys<\/em>, the story of FTX\u2019s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.<\/b><\/p>\n

When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world\u2019s youngest billionaire and crypto\u2019s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Going Infinite<\/em>\u00a0Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride,\u00a0Going Infinite<\/em>\u00a0is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own\u2014until it all came undone.<\/p>\n

Get your General Admission Festival Pass today<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Or, get the full, all-inclusive festival experience. An UMBRELLA PASS<\/a> includes:<\/b><\/p>\n