The type of individual he tried to create, careful, self-interested, risk averse, this has become ? the dominant ethos of our civilization, has it not?

因为他笔下的个人主义，如强调个体利益，风险回避等,已经成为我们文明的主导精神，不是吗？

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Somebody who is very risk averse could say, I want to hold only the riskless assets because I just don't like any risk at all.

有些极度惧怕风险的人可能会说，我只想持有那些没有风险的资产,因为我压根就不想跟风险打交道。

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