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		icambron on Oct 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Yea... Risk is very explicitly directional. E.g. Wikipedia has it as: > Risk is the potential of loss (an undesirable outcome, however not necessarily so) resulting from a given action, activity and/or inaction When was the last time you checked?

001sky on Oct 1, 2013 [–]

Instability is volatility (sigma). check it out.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100630193942AA...

icambron on Oct 1, 2013 | [–]

I didn't even mention volatility or stability. I was challenging your assertion that risk was agnostic to direction. It is not.

001sky on Oct 1, 2013 | | [–]

Try this refresher on Risk and Uncertainty

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2010/06/ris...

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