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betting on the future with math instead of vibes, and being wrong less often.
means a structured estimate of what could go wrong, how badly, and how likely, so you can decide if the upside is worth it.
from emerged from 17th-century probability theory, when gamblers pascal and fermat tried to divide stakes fairly in an interrupted dice game and accidentally invented modern risk math.
insurance originlloyd's of london started as a coffee shop betting pool
nasa's blind spotchallenger's o-ring risk was known and underrated
banks fooled themselves2008 crisis ran on miscalibrated risk models
for instance
challenger disaster 1986 — engineers flagged o-ring risk, managers overrode it
nuclear plant sitings — fukushima's seawall height was a risk calculation, not a guess
insurance actuarial tables — life insurers price your death down to the month