George Soros
Reflexivity Speculator
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Wrong framing. The question is never safe or bold, it is sizing. Start from your own fallibility, assume the thesis has a flaw and hunt for it. Then bet small enough to survive being wrong, and only when perception and reality diverge in your favor do you go for the jugular.
Survival comes first. A dead speculator has no second thesis.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.