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Asymmetric bet

Also: Asymmetric upside · Positive optionality

What it means

A decision where the downside is bounded and the upside is uncapped — small loss if wrong, life-changing gain if right. Naval Ravikant + Nassim Taleb both argue wealth and life-impact come from accumulating asymmetric bets, not safe optimizations.

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