Ep.106 — Ben Hunt — Preserving the Physical Metaverse

Ben Hunt is the creator and primary author of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder and CIO at Second Foundation Partners.

Epsilon Theory is a newsletter that examines markets through the lenses of game theory and history. Over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries read Epsilon Theory for its fresh perspective and novel insights into market dynamics.

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Show Notes:

- Neurolinguistic hard reset
- Ben’s days at Harvard
- Why Klaus Schwab is a raccoon
- Human beings are social animals
- How language impacts and limits us
- The cost of the Metaverse
- How the nudging state is rewiring us
- Does narrative follow price, or is it the inverse?
- Traders respond to stories everyday
- How technology can fight the nudging state.
- NOAH: An ark of stories on the blockchain

Books Mentioned:

- The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
- How the Irish Saved Civilization; by Thomas Cahill