Nate Silver
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Nate Silver is a prominent statistician known for his work in political forecasting and data analysis. This interview highlights his strategic mindset and ability to navigate complex political landscapes through data-driven insights.
“Yeah, though I think one thing a lot of Republicans have learned is that a lot of Kent have learned is that there's no time like today. I'm sure a lot of candidates this year where Rick Perry, who was someone who had won the better chances to beat Romney until he kind of imploded, right? You know, he was not in the top 10.”
“I've been lucky enough, and so whether you work, spend half your time working, or 80% of your middleman width on work. And I would bet listeners of the show are. Somewhere higher than 50% on the spectrum of how much energy they devote to work. You know, it's time you can't get back really.”
“I mean, UFC is a pretty quantitative school in general, but it was really kind of stuff I did outside of school and outside of work. So sports in particular was kind of like a lot of applied statistics you want to win your fancy baseball league. You want to win your NCA tournament bracket.”
“Yeah, Rubio is in one candidate where, you know, I talked about how in the Democratic side come March we might be saying, yeah, this was kind of obviously how I was going to play out, right? I think we could say that March of next year, boy, it was clear that Rubio was a really smart consensus choice, right?”
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