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Calculated risk is deceptive

~ sometimes I’m bad at the math

Mark Kolke
Sep 03, 2025
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We gamble every day.

Not with chips or dice or algorithmic precision, but with routines that look safe until they aren’t.

Not crossing streets, swallowing pills, trusting strangers, or pressing “send.”

It’s not planes crashing or bombs bursting - it’s people as much as products or governments we trust to deliver, that don’t. It’s an experience risk, it’s t…

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