427 Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory talks Seeing Through Fake Statistics, Hope, and Being a “Girl Dad”

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Hunt is the creator of Epsilon Theory and co-founder of Second Foundation Partners. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Epsilon Theory is a newsletter and website that studies markets using game theory and history. It is read by over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben is the founder of two technology companies, a past professor of political science, and a successful investor. He’s worked in venture capital and subsequently on two long/short equity hedge funds. He evolved to blend his background as a portfolio manager, risk manager, and entrepreneur with academic experience in game theory and econometrics to improve client outcomes.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, Ben and Aaron discuss how Ben outlined the false numbers coming out of China in a blog post titles</span> <a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/body-count/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Body Count</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, how to channel anger into Hope, and how he thinks about fatherhood.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Essential Reading</em></strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/clear-eyes-full-hearts-cant-lose/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/things-fall-apart-pt-1/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Things Fall Apart #1</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/things-fall-apart-part-2/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Things Fall Apart #2</span></a></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="https://www.goingdeepsummit.com/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart</span></em></a> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">happens once a year.</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Ben Hunt’s Challenge;</em></strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">T