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Most of the time, we worry far too much about tail risk.

Published 2013-12-11 1 min read 12 words 1 topics
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Most of the time, we worry far too much about tail risk.

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Most of the time, we worry far too much about tail risk. We worry about terrorist attacks and necrotizing fasciitis, but not much about heart disease or car crashes. But in 2011, 17 US citizens worldwide died as a result of terrorism and approximately 150 from necrotizing fasciitis. There were nearly 600,000 deaths resulting from heart disease and over
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