Post 33: Seek Upside Risk — Neel Nanda
Life is full of opportunities with upside risk , a known cost, but a chance of a massive upside. This post is about why we miss out on so many, and how to fill your life with them
Post 33: Seek Upside Risk Sep 29 Written By Neel Nanda When I meet somebody new, there are two interesting things that could happen. We could get on super well, become great friends, and be part of each other’s lives for year to come. Or we don’t. Maybe we like each other, maybe we don’t, but we likely just go our separate ways. But the upside in the first case massively outweighs the downside in the second case. Yet, we all spend far less time meeting new people than we could. Why? Upside Risk I call this general phenomena of a small chance of a massive win, vs a reasonable chance of a tiny l
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