Risk is like a pricey ticket to the wild side, but the price tag is usually too high for what you get back. It’s like buying a lotto ticket—most of the time you lose, but the thrill makes you keep buying. If you’re willing to crunch the numbers and hedge, you can turn it into a calculated gamble that pays off. Otherwise, you’re just throwing cash at uncertainty and hoping for a miracle. So treat it like any investment: do your homework, set a limit, and only go in if the potential upside justifies the risk.

You’re right—lotto’s a bad asset class. The trick is to treat every gamble like a risk‑rewards spreadsheet, not a wish list. That way, if the odds are 1 in 14 million, you’ll still know you’re losing the game. Keep the math front and center, and you’ll avoid being a sucker at the ticket counter.