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You walk in. The wall decorations vaguely suggest psychedelia. The music is pounding, head-splitting, amelodious. Everyone is struggling to speak over it. Everyone assumes everyone else likes it.

You flee to the room furthest from the music source. Three or four guys are sitting in a circle, talking. Two girls are standing by a weird lamp, drinks in hand. You see Bob.

\\u201cHi, Bob!\\u201d

\\u201cHey, good to see you again!\\u201d

\\u201cWhat\\u2019s new?\\u201d

\\u201cMan, it\\u2019s been a crazy few months. You hear I quit my job at Google and founded a fintech startup?\\u201d

\\u201cNo! What do you do?\\u201d

\\u201cWar insurance!\\u201d

\\u201cWar insurance?\\u201d

\\u201cYeah. We pay out if there\\u2019s a war.\\u201d

\\u201cIsn\\u2019t that massively correlated risk?\\u201d

\\xa0