If you do something that proves you are a formidable individual, despite its ultimate financial outcome, you could feel immune to bankruptcy.
Because if you can sell, and if you truly are an outlier in formidability, you can pitch yourself to any billionaire with an interest in making money (therefore still interested in high-ROI investments), and you can tell them this:
You sponsor my living expenses, and I will build something great. You will get 20% equity in whatever I build, and you will automatically be on the board of advisors.
What’s $100k/yr to a billionaire?
Realize how many billionaires believe in the formidable individual.
Imagine what you’d do if you felt comfortable enough to risk it all.