The population outcome is the outcome of many people performing an action once. The lifetime outcome is the outcome of one person performing an action many times
If the population and lifetime outcomes differ, the system that produces them is non-ergodic.
You can only rely on expected outcomes if you are guaranteed a large number of repetitions.
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