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An interesting read from Henry re Avalanches
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http://www.henrysavalanchetalk.com/success-and-enjoyment-off-piste-skiing/
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
It's a helpful idea - avalanches being a low frequency event - low probability but high consequence - and this being a psychological trap.
There is a parallel in investing. Nassim Taleb (Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness) talks about it a lot. He scorns strategies that are "picking up pennies in front of a steamroller" - can seem like a low risk way of making money day in day out until that day ten years later when you trip over you shoe laces and get crushed.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Sounds similar to the 3x3 risk reduction method they teach as part of the Swiss avalanche education.
http://www.slf.ch/praevention/verhalten/Risiko-Check/index_DE
(sorry, only German or French).
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jedster wrote:
It's a helpful idea - avalanches being a low frequency event - low probability but high consequence - and this being a psychological trap.
There is a parallel in investing. Nassim Taleb (Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness) talks about it a lot. He scorns strategies that are "picking up pennies in front of a steamroller" - can seem like a low risk way of making money day in day out until that day ten years later when you trip over you shoe laces and get crushed.
Love a bit of Taleb, Watched some of Henry's stuff last year, and he talks about system 1 and system 2 thinking. I've been exposed to it through work, but it's fascinating.
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