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I had this thought the other day - people talk about entrepreneurs taking risks but in most cases, there's no real risk the risk is so negligible, it might as well be zero real risk would blow our minds - it's unimaginable, incomprehensible imagine free soloing El Cap or fighting on the frontlines of an active war zone, that's real risk so out there that your brain rejects it entirely, that's real risk almost none of us know what risk really is
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Very interesting topic, I've thought about that a lot In a way it falls within the same category of how much easier life is today than it used to be 70-100+ years ago But those examples involve physical risk which have biochemical (adrenaline, dopamine, cortisol etc) mechanisms that help cope. There's a psychological and social scaffold too, because you're "fighting for your country / a cause" (beyond just trying to stay physically alive which has its own builtsupport system) so fear and pain are put in perspective Reputational risk from business ventures is not existential in a strict sense, but it feels existential (also depending on your country, it can be more or less real) and there are no biological systems for that Entrepreneurs have an unusual tolerance for risk and are better at processing / rationalising / suppressing status and reputational issues There is a very interesting book (below) which basically says that there are a lot of entrepreneurs in America because they are the offspring of people who were crazy enough to make the journey; that also kinda counts for Australia
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