The Logic of Risk Taking

Re:The Logic of Risk Taking by late2part on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @07:04PM (#15405525)

Interesting that you think most people value their life over $6M USD. I bet you that across the entire world, more than 50% of adults would take a 15% chance of death to win $6M USD.

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Re:The Logic of Risk Taking by ryandrake on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @09:45PM (#15406221)

$6M is a life changing amount of money. Tempting...

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Re:The Logic of Risk Taking by bigmoneyajja on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @11:57PM (#15406599)

I have that kind of money and I can tell you: there is nothing up here worth losing your life over. I certainly would not risk my life to keep my present lifestyle vs. the one I had in my early twenties when I made and had much less.

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Re:The Logic of Risk Taking by late2part on Thursday October 05, 2017 @01:55AM (#15406916)

I wonder if you guys have spent time in Nepal, India or China or other poorer countries.

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Re:The Logic of Risk Taking by goialoq on Monday October 09, 2017 @04:18PM (#15437129)

$1m is approximately equivalent to a lifetime earning minimum wage in a developed country. Most the world will never see such wealth.

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