A Quote by Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Children malnourished at age 5 tend to suffer permanent physical and mental damage. So if I can save a child from malnutrition, I find it has an extremely favorable risk-reward ratio - the cost I incur versus the overall benefit that I can bring to society.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

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Age Benefit Bring Child Children Cost Damage Extremely Favorable Find Malnutrition Mental Overall Permanent Physical Ratio Reward Risk Save Society Suffer Tend Versus

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian - Businessman
Born: July 5, 1960

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. If one colony member devotes its life to service over marriage, the individual is of benefit to the society, even though it does not have personal offspring. A soldier going into battle will benefit his country, but he runs a higher risk of death than one who does not. An altruist benefits the group, but a layabout or coward who saves his own energy and reduces his bodily risk passes the resulting social cost to others.

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