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I realized that there's a frequent uproar against HFT, so I assume people here are pretty tired of it and are not willing to discuss it/have their minds made up
by blumkvist 13y ago
I realized that there's a frequent uproar against HFT, so I assume people here are pretty tired of it and are not willing to discuss it/have their minds made up about it already. That's why I won't go rhetoric.
edit: I guess, I did though.
I can't help to reply to the adwords question - although you can argue that advertising/marketing is soulless, at least it creates real world value. Someone makes a product, someone else buys it. Exchange of goods happens.
Derivatives are uncontrallable in the my humble opinion. Especially if regulated by uber greedy people. And it makes me sad sad when I see the highest skilled people go and put their talent in something that is pretty much useless, apart from making a few, selected people even richer than they are. But I guess, whatever pays the bills.
But that's not why I made my comment. I made my comment, because what I find even more sad, is people going numb to injustice and admiring this situation and the people who are making it possible.
- mmodahl 13y agoCar insurance is a derivative.
- jbooth 13y agoHe wasn't admiring the economic situation, he was admiring some truly amazing high-end computer networking. If HFT produces nothing else (and I generally agree with your economic view of it), at least it'll have financed the next generation of low-latency networking gear.
- fractalsea 13y agoSo no one would buy anything if there was no advertising? Or maybe you are worried they would buy less? In that case, would the world really be a worse place? People only buying what they need...
- fractalsea 13y agoSo no one would buy anything if there was no advertising? Or maybe you are worried they would buy less? In that case, would the world really be a worse place? People only buying what they need...
- fractalsea 13y agoSo no one would buy anything if there was no advertising? Or maybe you are worried they would buy less? In that case, would the world really be a worse place? People only buying what they need...