The real risk is what you can never foresee!
It is impossible for people to prepare effectively for things they cannot imagine; the more you think you have everything under control, the more panicked you will be when the unknown suddenly appears.
The human brain is not very good at understanding exponential growth, and even worse at imagining black swans and the law of large numbers; but you can grasp two concepts: one is called "adjacent possibilities," on which most great scientific discoveries and technological inventions are based, from the second law of thermodynamics to the iPhone and GPT;
The other is called "iterative innovation," where there are no absolutely meaningless failures, only explorations that lack action or are abandoned midway. These two concepts complement each other and can help us determine our direction and position in the unknown world.
It is worth reflecting that most foreseeable risks are ones we can bear,
for example, dating strangers, changing to a preferred job, choosing a passionate field, environment, or city; more simply, starting to write publicly or creating your own useful GPTs, etc. As long as you start sowing and cultivating, your growth flywheel will begin to turn.
The real risk is always unpredictable; no matter how smart the investors and entrepreneurs are, they are helpless before it; in an era of great change, embracing uncertainty and maintaining flexibility become increasingly important.
Conversely, a passion for continuous learning and the courage to create are your best weapons against the unknown world.
