Poker and Life | Episode 38 | Everything is Everything

Understanding the foundations of poker can help you understand the foundations of life. How to think about the world -- and how to find peace. Welcome to Episode 38 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah. In this episode, Amit shares his learnings about the foundational principles of playing poker in a special presentation made for this show. Then Amit and Ajay discuss the life lessons that one can draw from poker. You can read an archive of Amit Varma's Poker Column for the Economic Times here: https://indiauncut.com/category/range... Oh, and Amit's newsletter is furiously active again, so do read and subscribe at https://indiauncut.substack.com/ If you like watching Everything is Everything, please like, subscribe, share, comment. :) TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Introduction: Public Demand! 02:24 Amit's Presentation: The Foundations of Poker 21:34 The Conversation Resumes USEFUL RESOURCES: 1. Amit on Twitter:   / amitvarma   2. Ajay on Twitter:   / ajay_shah   3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: https://seenunseen.in/ (Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSeenAndTh...) 4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube:    / @xkdr   5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: https://amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3 6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/ 7. The India Uncut Newsletter -- Amit's newsletter at https://indiauncut.substack.com/ 8. The UNIX Episode -- Episode 32 of Everything is Everything:    • The UNIX Episode | Episode 32 | Everything...   9. Superforecasting -- Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner: https://amzn.eu/d/dU2Qxtm Some of Amit's columns that are relevant to this subject: 1. What cricket can learn from poker: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/sto... 2. Luck is All Around: https://indiauncut.com/luck-is-all-ar... 3. The Bookshop Romeo: https://indiauncut.com/the-bookshop-r... 4. The Answer is 42: https://indiauncut.com/the-answer-is-42/ 5. The Balancing Act: https://indiauncut.com/the-balancing-... 6. Miller’s Pyramid: https://indiauncut.com/millers-pyramid/ 7. Om Namah Volume: https://indiauncut.com/om-namah-volume/ 8. Unlikely is Inevitable: https://indiauncut.com/unlikely-is-in... 9. Why I Loved and Left Poker: https://indiauncut.com/why-i-loved-an... Produced by Amit Varma Shot by Vaishnav Vyas and Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / vaishnav.vyas   Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya   The AMAZING ADDITIONAL DESIGN on the poker presentation also by Nomsita MS Haritashya Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani   Chapter images & additional illustrations by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina