The theme of risk permeates this issue of ‘Fast Company.’
Americans have always loved to gamble, and not just at the blackjack table. The analogy between Wall Street and a casino is nearly as old and durable as Wall Street itself: Just a few months ago, Warren Buffett blasted the Street as a “gambling parlor.” But in recent years, our appetite for risk has taken more quotidian and pervasive forms—the ubiquity of sports-betting apps, meme-stock mayhem, the peak/valley cycles of crypto. Main Street has become a casino, too.
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