I don't think the main issue here is the dualistic payout structure of the gambles http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/07/28/non-dual-awareness/ …
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@sarahdoingthing I miscalculated the outcomes there. -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing other than afaict being some sort of reverse ponzi scheme - End of conversation
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I went to uni at all on basically the same calculation, tbqh -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing figured I'd either a) succeed & get good intellectual work where motor control & social skills aren't essential -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing b) not succeed and be fucked anyway so why not -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing (&, having arrived at b by trying and failing instead of by not even trying is ... not nothing, I gotta admit) -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing on reflection I feel I'd almost certainly have been better advised to take riskier options early on, even, but... -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing ... it isn't necessarily one's own risk-aversion that decides, but that of others you feel honor bound to defer to
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