Boone harbored no illusions about the game. This was, perhaps, his ultimate genius. I saw how the belief that the game was about more than just money was my fallacy, not his. I had fallen for his diversions, those repeated instructions to be “super nice” and “thoughtful” and “kind” and to “give first.” I had fallen for them most readily because a large part of me was motivated to believe the lie, the myth—that a big, powerful crossover fund could care about something else, something greater, like morality or being a net positive to society; that the financial system could be fair and driven by something other than greed and self-interest. I used to think that Boone was driven by a love of the game, whatever the game was, and that making money was a side effect. No. There was only money. Everything else was a side effect.