A lot of the top comments seem to be intentionally misunderstanding the point of the article to score cheap privilege points. Yes, the author happened to have t

A lot of the top comments seem to be intentionally misunderstanding the point of the article to score cheap privilege points. Yes, the author happened to have the luxury to choose between two objectively good options. The core advice could be rephrased as “optimize for convexity (in the Taleb sense)” or even, “optimize for long term rather than short term value”. Put this way, it seems uncontroversial, as many HNers agree with these sentiments.