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Re:The privilege of risk by svachalek on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @05:56PM (#15453868)
Serious question: is it "risk" when you have literally nothing to lose?
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Re:The privilege of risk by colemannugent on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:05PM (#15453932)
No, I guess a corpse has nothing left to lose.

Short of death, everyone has something to lose. Risk is the ratio of cost to benefit. And as long as the cost and benefits of some action are non-zero then there is a risk.

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