{"id":1561,"date":"2023-09-06T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1561"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:53:09","slug":"michael-lewis-going-infinite","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/event\/michael-lewis-going-infinite\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lewis: Going Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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