# risk (uncertainty)

a possible loss that may happen

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [loss](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loss.economic), [possible](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-possible.potential), [happen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-happen.event-occurrence)

**Through:** a potential change involving the absence of something that was present, occurring over time

**Novel properties:**
- contingent negative outcome
- temporal possibility
- eventuated loss

## Examples
- The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers exposed $639 billion in unforeseen liabilities. *(economics)*
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant failed containment after the 11 March 2011 tsunami. *(engineering)*
- In 1986, the Chernobyl reactor explosion released 400 times more radioactivity than the Hiroshima bomb. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [casino](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-casino.entertainment) (L17)
- [investment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-investment.financial) (L17)

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