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138 | Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Is It a Good Idea to Optimize?

Joel and Bead talk about the Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid. How do you think about what your job is as a general manager? We're trying to optimize our championship probability over that three year window, he says. But in terms of thinking about what we're optimizing, it's pretty owner dependent.

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