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The cult of optionality
4 Feb 2023
The cult of optionality. Nice reasons to stop trying to find asymmetric opportunities in life—life isn’t a financial market. Most compelling:
The point isn’t that any of these things is likely. It’s that the downside in real life is never actually capped. Applying financial metaphors to life can be useful, so long as you understand the limitations.
See also your life is more financialised than you think
Anthologies: Betterment, Wealth Architecture, Cognitive Karstica, Economy of Small Pleasures, On Being Fruitful