On the Edge
The Art of Risking Everything
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · August 12, 2025
The Instant New York Times Bestseller | With a New Preface from Nate Silver for 2025 New York Times Book Review Paperback Row selection “Engaging and entertaining . . . a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules.
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- Who it’s for
- Risk, math, and ambition meet in a reported tour of finance, tech, and politics.
- Themes
- Risk and ambition, Finance and technology, Gambling and speculation
- Genres
- Financial Risk Management, Bitcoin & Crypto, Sports Betting
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The Instant New York Times Bestseller | With a New Preface from Nate Silver for 2025 New York Times Book Review Paperback Row selection “Engaging and entertaining . . . a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules.
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High-stakes, high-IQ, and often high on their own mythologies, they are driving the next era of finance, tech, and politics. But what happens when their bets go too far? Nate Silver’s On The Edge reveals the hidden world of the River. It is the domain of gamblers and like-minded folks who move markets and change the fabric of society: poker legends, hedge fund titans, crypto speculators, and even those willing to bet the world’s future on AI. They are obsessives with a deep hunger for volatility and an unrelenting desire to exploit every edge over the rest of us. Silver embeds with them, competing in the World Series of Poker, visiting Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX compound, and attending wild Miami yacht parties at the height of the crypto bubble. On the Edge is a front-row seat to a new world order built on risk, math, and ambition—a gripping ride through the minds shaping your future, whether you like it or not.
Where Risk Runs
Risk, math, and ambition meet in a reported tour of finance, tech, and politics.
Come here for
- Poker tables, crypto fortunes, and bets on AI bring risk down to earth.
- A close look at people who treat volatility as an opportunity.
Expect
- Reported encounters with players across finance, tech, and politics.
- A front-row view of high-stakes worlds and the mythologies around them.
Where it sits
| Bitcoin & Crypto | 57% |
|---|---|
| Financial Risk Management | 47% |
| Sports Betting | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Forecasting
- Math Recreations & Games
- Probability & Statistics
- Authors
- Nate Silver
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- August 12, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Risk and ambition · Finance and technology · Gambling and speculation
- Reading lane
- Forecasting