Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.
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33 comments
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He's comfortable in his own skin, has lived his purpose.
My man really started one of the most complex algorithmic based funds and said "don't ask me how" when talking about the birth of stars lmaoooo
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He got fined a lot. what has he done so far?
Stop firing questions one after the another, I just want to listen to this man
Can still hear that Boston accent.
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This dude didn’t sell his Tesla and buy AMC because he thinks it’s going down
AMC WE LIKE THE STOCK
Looks like Louis Zambel 🤯
Interviewer: "I have no idea about outliers or statistics in general, but let me tell you what I think about the subject…"
The person who is sitting on the chair is "THE Jim Simons" so it's extremely difficult to ask him questions. BTW that guy is Chris Anderson (Curator and CEO of TED) the best man for the job, even though he had not been actively involved that role for almost a decade.
Wow, what a terrible interviewer…
The Greg Papovich of math.
What's really interesting about the Medallion fund is that they won't be trading against any retail order flow as that is all with Citadel, susquehanna etc. So that means all the money they make every year is taking from so called professionals in hedge funds, and sadly our pension funds!
The host/interviewer (Chris Anderson) ruins it. Wish they would let a competent person interview Jim Simons.
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He wants to know origins of life, but Prof stephen hawking has already done this work. So what is he talking about.
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Very good interviewer, doesn't get in the way
true legend
POV: When you beat the little hedge fund cats in the video game and now you have to face the ultimate hedgie boss
Wow
goddamn dude, shut up, let the man talk. Worst host and interviewer ever
Right when I'm ready to hear what Jim is gonna say about trend following, this asshat douche cuts him off.
Jeff who ?
Coach Pop be beating everyone on and off the court
Im always in awe of brilliant people like this that form the world around us, behind the scenes, and probably deserve to be household names. Everything but average.
Great Interview! Great Interviewer! Great production by TED! Well Done! Jim is the Goat ! Closing thing to Satoshi Nakamoto.
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