Michael Lewis Was Charmed by Sam Bankman-Fried – However So Was Everybody Else

The e book’s comparatively sympathetic remedy of Sam turns into extra placing in distinction to depictions of his adversaries, equivalent to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Earlier than the e book was printed, a letter from Artistic Artists Company circulating in Hollywood stated Lewis likened Sam and CZ “to the Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader of crypto.” Traces of this characterization nonetheless made it into the completed e book. “Binance was the category bully, FTX the category nerd, and every took pleasure in utilizing its particular powers to torment the opposite,” Lewis wrote. He additionally stated, “Sam thought concerning the measurement of the pie, whereas CZ cared extra concerning the measurement of his piece.” There’s additionally some gratuitous shade, equivalent to, “If CZ ever had an authentic thought he by no means expressed it.”