The one lashed to the mast is the one who existentially fears failure.

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  • The one lashed to the mast is the one who existentially fears failure.
    • Someone who has bets on multiple ships doesn't care about the failure of any one.
    • The person lashed to a specific mast cares about the fate of their own ship many, many orders of magnitude more.