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by BoorishBears 1186 days ago
This has got to be the most platitudes I've ever seen stuffed in a single comment... I almost want to say it's satire.

But yeah, there's a lot of real valuable businesses built on existential risks. We're currently getting a reminder that our banking system puts all its eggs in the idea not too many people will ask for money at the same time.

Optimizing for black swan events is just generally not good business.