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764: Nick Bilton | Hunting the Dark Web's Silk Road Kingpin
764: Nick Bilton | Hunting the Dark Web's Silk Road Kingpin
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist for The New York Times, and author of American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]
What We Discuss with Nick Bilton:
How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars?
What are the costs of maintaining a double life?
What’s the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught?
What is Nick Bilton’s unique research process for covering a story like this?
Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht’s mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type?
And much more...
Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/764
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Miss our two-parter with Bridgewater Associates founder and world-famous investor Ray Dalio? Start catching up with episode 389: Ray Dalio | Principles of an Investing Pioneer Part One here!
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What We Discuss with Nick Bilton:
How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars?
What are the costs of maintaining a double life?
What’s the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught?
What is Nick Bilton’s unique research process for covering a story like this?
Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht’s mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type?
And much more...
Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/764
Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!
Miss our two-parter with Bridgewater Associates founder and world-famous investor Ray Dalio? Start catching up with episode 389: Ray Dalio | Principles of an Investing Pioneer Part One here!
Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!
Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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