[ExI] Status as human motivator

[Keith Henson]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Olga Bourlin <olga.bourlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It should be a *hanging* offense to employ scientists or engineers in
>> the kinds of stupid games they play on Wall Street.
>
> So what have you got against capitalism, Keith?

Can you make a case that trading stocks on a time frame of
milliseconds *is* capitalism?  If you can explain how this invests
capital in productive industry I would sure like you to do it.

> (Ah, but at least you
> support lynching!)
>
> How very interesting.

"Racial and ethnic prejudice is notably uncommon [among hackers] and
tends to be met
with freezing contempt."

Keith