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#92 Ed Thorp and Claude Shannon

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Claude Shannon's Supreme Opus Information Theory

Claude Shannon invented information theory, which is basically the foundation of our entire economy and the world we live in right now. He had done what practically no one had done since the Renaissance. And I think we're going to learn a lot today, but this story is insane and crazy, and you'll see even more when he covers Ed Thorpe's autobiography. Next week, it's called A Man of All Markets. This guy is an insane life as a Claude Shannon.

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