![]() The author of The Blind Side, an MRI look inside the National Football League, and The Big Short, an expose of the subprime-mortgage collapse, he writes smart, inquisitive, high-tension books that seem easily turned into acclaimed films. High concepts and eye-opening storytelling are Lewis’ forte. The author further prepares readers with a rollicking chapter about Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey and his game-changing, data-analyzing approach to drafting National Basketball Association talent. Little did he know when writing Moneyball that Kahneman and Tversky were the ones who corked the stats. ![]() That gamble changed Major League Baseball and led to Lewis tackling this heady prequel about everyday errant thinking. To ease readers into this mind-blowing, demanding narrative, Lewis first recaps Moneyball, his 2003 best seller about the Oakland A’s employing a data-crunching Harvard economist who defied conventional baseball wisdom and won. ![]()
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