I don't think the concept of risk broadly speaking could possible be new. The danger that things might not work out had to be thought out since you had societi

I don't think the concept of risk broadly speaking could possible be new. The danger that things might not work out had to be thought out since you had societies of moderate levels of complexity. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_insurance#Ancient_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_insurance#Ancient_e...