Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

by Michael Lewis

she’d had two issues she wanted to talk about: her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and her new and emotionally complicated polyamorous lifestyle. Every subsequent session after the first, Caroline came with just one issue she wanted to discuss: Sam. She’d fallen in love with Sam, Sam didn’t love her back, and that fact alone left her deeply unhappy. “I thought of her as an exception,” said George. “I thought she might be willing to trade EA for reciprocation of love any day.” George didn’t really see it as his job to explain Sam to Caroline or to dissuade her from her quest for his love. “If I was her friend—and not her therapist—I would have said you’re never going to get what you want from this guy.” It was still painful to listen to the steady drumbeat of her desire for Sam to publicly acknowledge their relationship. After nearly two years in Hong Kong, she’d let a few of their inner circle, their fellow EAs, know about it. “That’s the highlight of the relationship for her,” said George. “It was a big ask of him, and she seemed happy with that. It was an affirmation of the relationship, and it showed some level of commitment. She never got anything that big from him before.” After which Sam hopped on a plane to the Bahamas and never returned. And then, just a few weeks later, called George, and suggested that he move from San Francisco to the Bahamas and serve as corporate psychiatrist to FTX.