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Maria Konnikova

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We don’t appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.

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Cloud Atlas’ is but one of a long list of titles deemed unfilmable, by author and movie moguls alike, until it was, well, filmed.

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I thought poker might be a perfect environment to start to learn probabilistic decision-making, and to live what it means to have skill versus chance and to see how that played out. I would dive in head first into the poker world.

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May 14, 2024

I thought poker might be a perfect environment to start to learn probabilistic decision-making, and to live what it means to have skill versus chance and to see how that played out. I would dive in head first into the poker world.

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May 14, 2024

Cloud Atlas’ is but one of a long list of titles deemed unfilmable, by author and movie moguls alike, until it was, well, filmed.

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