Economies of scale rule our world. The bigger, the better. We've got conglomerates, zaibatsus, mega corps and what have you. Most of them seek to succeed. And do so spectacularly. That typically means oodles of profit.
It stands to reason that, like successes, failures are simply better off when done on a large scale. Yep. If you wana fail, fail big. Now, say a scam artist manages to rip off a bunch of people for tens of thousands. Not too bad for a small timer. The poor sod would probably spend quite some time paying off the debt if caught, however.
Now consider something on a larger scale. Like say a major fund going belly up, or some other sort of a epic fail like Enron. That's what really takes the cake: If you're big enough when you fail, someone else foots the bill! Obviously, there's no way you could pay it all back within a lifetime. Now that is truly epic. So, my friends, one should always avoid failure in life. Just that if you do ever have to fail, make sure it's an epic fail.
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