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The rate at which bugs like this happen isn't the dominant metric of risk here, it is that when they happen they are often catastrophic and ruinous. And so it could be that, though rare, playing in this game eventually equals ruin the longer you are in it. Good discussion of these types of risk[0], "The Logic of Risk Taking" by Taleb

[0] https://medium.com/incerto/the-logic-of-risk-taking-107bf410...




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