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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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Aversion
Freed
Outlook
Loss
Risk
Change

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