Elden Ring taught me more about failure than my 401(k)

One of them punishes hubris instantly. The other compounds it quarterly.

One of them punishes hubris instantly and teaches you the lesson while you can still use it. The other compounds it quarterly and mails you the lesson at 65.

  • Death in Elden Ring: immediate feedback
  • Bad fund allocation: feedback in 30 years
  • Runes lost: recoverable at the spot you died
  • Fees: recoverable never

Margit killed me forty times and I thanked the game. My expense ratio did the same thing slower and I never noticed.