I’ve been thinking about risk lately. Not in the sense that there’s too much or too little of it in my life but in how it affects the decisions we make. Contemplating risk is not unusual for me given that I am approaching retirement age and have must determine how to balance risk and reward with my investments (and have the riskiness of my portfolio in my mind on many days). However, the recent death of a hockey player in England has brought risk to the forefront of my mind lately. For those who missed it, a player in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom died when his throat was slashed by an opposing player’s skate as a result of a collision during a game late last month. In the wake of this event many have called for hockey leagues to take actions to prevent this type of accident from ever happening again. This is hardly surprising, but it raises many questions including what is “acceptable risk” and who decides?
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