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Re:Risk Everything (2007) by beardedetim on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:27PM (#32567292)
Exactly the right term to use: Expected Value. If we have 1/6 chance of winning and each win gives us 6x, we have an EV of 0.

Poker is a great game to learn to understand EV/variance.

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Re:Risk Everything (2007) by mcguire on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:51PM (#32569453)
I wonder what the expected value of entrepreneurship is?

I rather suspect it is significantly negative, because most new businesses fail and the venture capital system means gambling with someone else's money.

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