1/ Historically, though statistics started in gambling, it has been driven by the risk-management motive, not the luck-creation motive
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10/ I think lesson can be ported. There is room for a "positive probability theory" and "positive statistics" focusing on luck, not risk
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11/ Taleb made a big contribution towards theory of non-zero-sum luck/serendipity, but domain lock-in limited him to negative black swans
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@vgr probably also had something to do with being conflated with "positive thinking".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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