Against the gods: the remarkable story of risk

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The world risk derives from the early italian risicare, which means to dare. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what means to be a human being.