Here, finally, was a performer who—being maternal, wounded, righteous and sexy—could stride past the frontal cortex of every American and plant a three-inch heel directly on that limbic circuit that ceaselessly intones "God and country." If anyone could make Christian theocracy smell like apple pie, Sarah Palin could.
--Sam Harris
Lessons from Victor Niederhoffer’s Life
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I have been fascinated by Victor Niederhoffer for decades. I first
learned about him in a New Yorker piece titled “The Blow-Up Artist;” I was
intrigu...
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