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by redox99 819 days ago
If you get mugged, you feel it was outside your control. If you get scammed, you feel it was partly your fault that you were fooled.
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After a new-years eve terrorist attack in Europe a few years ago, a former colleague (who was in a different country) told me she “would now never go to a public space for a new year celebration”. But she drove a car to and from work every week day. We over estimate the risk of things we have no control over, but as soon as we have even a little bit of control, we underestimate the risk.
or internet consortium of financial advisor will tell you: it is a bit of your own fault, you should always diversify