[ExI] How slow is capitalism?

[Jones Murphy]

So answer the question, Eugen. How slow is real capitalism?

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:


> The trading latency is now in microsecond range and below, and
> there are attempts to build trading platforms in locations
> where relativistic latency incurs minimal penalty.
>
> However, this has nothing to do with capitalism. It has
> everything to do with crooks running the world economy,
> and plenty of suckers (this means you) allowing it to happen.