A highly regarded quant analyst once interviewed me and could not understand why I took a powered motorcycle in for my (early morning) 11-mile commute to work.

A highly regarded quant analyst once interviewed me and could not understand why I took a powered motorcycle in for my (early morning) 11-mile commute to work. "You spend 30% less time on your commute, but you increase your injury risk by 30x" he said. "It doesn't make sense - your risk/reward is illogical". He hadn't considered the superlinear returns attributable to being "first", a point made in the article ('thresholds'). By being 20 minutes earlier into work than others on average, I was also inevitably better prepared for the high-pressure morning meeting than anyone else. Didn't get (that) job.