In 2016, Shane Anderson Made A Vow To Live According To The Four Core Values Of The Golden State Warriors To Escape A Decade Of Defeats―Including Divorce, Debilitating Spinal Surgery And A Suicide Attempt. The Basketball Team’S Values Of Joy, Mindfulness, Compassion, And Competition Became Anderson’S Guiding Principles, Providing Him A Lens To Investigate A Myriad Of Social, Personal, Philosophical, And Political Issues, Such As Homelessness, The Promises And Failures Of Rave Culture, And The Limits Of Self-Help. Part Memoir, Part Essay, And Part Chronicle Of The Greatest Five-Year Stretch Of A Team In Nba History, After The Oracle Depicts The Makes And Misses Of One Expat Trying To Make A Life Worth Living.