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An extraordinarily big catastrophe would probably hold the record for a few years until the next above average events happen.
Our problem seems to be that the underlying distribution shifts fast. What once was a catastrophic freak event, is now barely average.
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An extraordinarily big catastrophe would probably hold the record for a few years until the next above average events happen.
Our problem seems to be that the underlying distribution shifts fast. What once was a catastrophic freak event, is now barely average.