Maria Konnikova
@mkonnikova.bsky.social
Mostly I write things. Sometimes I play poker. mariakonnikova.substack.com
You, too, can live your best life. And maybe win a Nobel?? My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You, too, can live your best life. And maybe win a Nobel?? My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
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OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Will Eric Adams’s Exit Change the NYC Mayoral Election?
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
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Will Eric Adams’s Exit Change the NYC Mayoral Election?
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
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October 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Will Eric Adams’s Exit Change the NYC Mayoral Election?
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Will Eric Adams’s Exit Change the NYC Mayoral Election?
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
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The first episode of the solo-host era of LOW ROLLERS is here, featuring a conversation w/ @mkonnikova.bsky.social
about her friendship with Nate Silver, her passion for tournament poker & much more. Also, my analysis of Kalshi offering SGPs, and a tale of player prop pain: rss.com/podcasts/low...
about her friendship with Nate Silver, her passion for tournament poker & much more. Also, my analysis of Kalshi offering SGPs, and a tale of player prop pain: rss.com/podcasts/low...
Low Rollers, Episode 38: Maria Konnikova on poker, podcasting, and making better decisions (like not gambling) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
It's a new episode of CasinoReports.com's weekly gaming-biz podcast, Low Rollers! Host Eric Raskin analyzes the implications for FanDuel, DraftKings, and other regulated operators of prediction market...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The first episode of the solo-host era of LOW ROLLERS is here, featuring a conversation w/ @mkonnikova.bsky.social
about her friendship with Nate Silver, her passion for tournament poker & much more. Also, my analysis of Kalshi offering SGPs, and a tale of player prop pain: rss.com/podcasts/low...
about her friendship with Nate Silver, her passion for tournament poker & much more. Also, my analysis of Kalshi offering SGPs, and a tale of player prop pain: rss.com/podcasts/low...
I love @asherperlman.bsky.social’s work. So I decided to ruin the magic by figuring out why. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I love @asherperlman.bsky.social’s work. So I decided to ruin the magic by figuring out why. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
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Join mkonnikova.bsky.social and Nate Silver on Risky Business, the podcast where journalism meets high-stakes poker. Explore their analytical approach to decisions in politics, poker, and life, blending Maria's psychology insights and Nate's forecasting acumen.
September 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Join mkonnikova.bsky.social and Nate Silver on Risky Business, the podcast where journalism meets high-stakes poker. Explore their analytical approach to decisions in politics, poker, and life, blending Maria's psychology insights and Nate's forecasting acumen.
To celebrate the start of the school year, I made you all a fiction reading list (and wrote a bit about it): open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Fall is for reading
A fiction reading list, for all seasons
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September 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
To celebrate the start of the school year, I made you all a fiction reading list (and wrote a bit about it): open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Had such a blast talking to the wonderful Boston Rob for the Risky Business pod this week. (He also happened to be my HU opponent for the NBC National HU Championship!) lnk.to/vDRYVk
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Had such a blast talking to the wonderful Boston Rob for the Risky Business pod this week. (He also happened to be my HU opponent for the NBC National HU Championship!) lnk.to/vDRYVk
It's time we re-learn how to be bored. It's going to help a lot more than your poker game. New piece on the sub that stacks: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
August 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It's time we re-learn how to be bored. It's going to help a lot more than your poker game. New piece on the sub that stacks: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
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I enjoyed reading and learning about "kindness contagion." Sort of the opposite of what we have going on in the US right now, which is a contagion of cruelty and performative cruelty.
When I was 12, I met someone whose kindness made all the difference. My new piece, on the phenomenon of kindness contagion: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
August 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I enjoyed reading and learning about "kindness contagion." Sort of the opposite of what we have going on in the US right now, which is a contagion of cruelty and performative cruelty.
When I was 12, I met someone whose kindness made all the difference. My new piece, on the phenomenon of kindness contagion: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
August 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When I was 12, I met someone whose kindness made all the difference. My new piece, on the phenomenon of kindness contagion: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Goodbye to a legend. My last living grandparent, Baba Anya, died at 100. We are all so lucky to have had her in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
August 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Goodbye to a legend. My last living grandparent, Baba Anya, died at 100. We are all so lucky to have had her in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
My latest, on mind sports, gender, competition, and
Leo Margets's run in the WSOP main event: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Leo Margets's run in the WSOP main event: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
July 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My latest, on mind sports, gender, competition, and
Leo Margets's run in the WSOP main event: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Leo Margets's run in the WSOP main event: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I busted the Main Event on Day 1. So, of course, I had to write about it.
open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
July 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I busted the Main Event on Day 1. So, of course, I had to write about it.
open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Why does it feel like I just graduated from college - but high school was forever ago? My latest, on the psychology of time perception: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
June 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Why does it feel like I just graduated from college - but high school was forever ago? My latest, on the psychology of time perception: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
When it comes to life, don’t be a nit. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
June 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When it comes to life, don’t be a nit. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
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Thank you for this @kateconger.com
We sympathize w/the position of the journalists not controlling the headlines.
Headlines *shape* the way people process the text and are not functionally separate.
Have you read this piece
by
@mkonnikova.bsky.social ?
www.newyorker.com/science/mari...
We sympathize w/the position of the journalists not controlling the headlines.
Headlines *shape* the way people process the text and are not functionally separate.
Have you read this piece
by
@mkonnikova.bsky.social ?
www.newyorker.com/science/mari...
How Headlines Change the Way We Think
First impressions matter—what we experience in our first encounter with something colors how we process the rest of it. Articles are no exception.
www.newyorker.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you for this @kateconger.com
We sympathize w/the position of the journalists not controlling the headlines.
Headlines *shape* the way people process the text and are not functionally separate.
Have you read this piece
by
@mkonnikova.bsky.social ?
www.newyorker.com/science/mari...
We sympathize w/the position of the journalists not controlling the headlines.
Headlines *shape* the way people process the text and are not functionally separate.
Have you read this piece
by
@mkonnikova.bsky.social ?
www.newyorker.com/science/mari...
Reposted by Maria Konnikova
This week's episode is a Cautionary Questions special with @natesilver538.tweet.pub and @mkonnikova.bsky.social . Give politicians a raise, smuggle phones into school, and go FULL DONK!
timharford.com/2025/05/caut...
timharford.com/2025/05/caut...
Cautionary Tales – Give politicians a raise, smuggle smartphones into school, and go full donk!
This week’s episode is a Cautionary Questions special with Nate Silver (On The Edge) and Maria Konnikova (The Biggest Bluff) of Risky Business.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This week's episode is a Cautionary Questions special with @natesilver538.tweet.pub and @mkonnikova.bsky.social . Give politicians a raise, smuggle phones into school, and go FULL DONK!
timharford.com/2025/05/caut...
timharford.com/2025/05/caut...
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Great essay by @mkonnikova.bsky.social about how the ambient norms in our environment dictate our behavior.
In a society that cheats a lot? You will too. Copy-paste this to every other norm & how online spaces spread and reify them.
mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/angle-shoo...
In a society that cheats a lot? You will too. Copy-paste this to every other norm & how online spaces spread and reify them.
mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/angle-shoo...
Angle-shooting, cheating, and norms of behavior
The importance of social norms in how we choose to act
mariakonnikova.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Great essay by @mkonnikova.bsky.social about how the ambient norms in our environment dictate our behavior.
In a society that cheats a lot? You will too. Copy-paste this to every other norm & how online spaces spread and reify them.
mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/angle-shoo...
In a society that cheats a lot? You will too. Copy-paste this to every other norm & how online spaces spread and reify them.
mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/angle-shoo...
My latest, on how norms affect how we act - and when we cheat: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
May 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My latest, on how norms affect how we act - and when we cheat: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Reposted by Maria Konnikova
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond.
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/164066704/...
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond.
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/164066704/...
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond.
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/164066704/...
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond.
(Risky Business with Nate Silver and @mkonnikova.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/164066704/...
Reposted by Maria Konnikova
Some reflections on mindset and not being a victim, from my recent trip to Monte Carlo: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
May 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Some reflections on mindset and not being a victim, from my recent trip to Monte Carlo: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Some reflections on mindset and not being a victim, from my recent trip to Monte Carlo: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
May 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Some reflections on mindset and not being a victim, from my recent trip to Monte Carlo: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
Reposted by Maria Konnikova
On birthdays, lotteries, skill, and chance. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...
April 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On birthdays, lotteries, skill, and chance. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...