On the Edge

In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in his new book, Silver investigates "The River," or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape - and dominate - so much of modern life. These professional risk takers - poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and blue-chip art collectors - can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century.