[ExI] How slow is capitalism?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:46:48AM +0200, Jones Murphy wrote:
> So answer the question, Eugen. How slow is real capitalism?

The speed of the trades stands in absolutely no relation to
whether the entities traded correspond to real value, or 
imaginary money.

You can take the last slow tulip boat or trade iridium in
submicrosecond latency. You can have your slow tulips, if
I can have my fast iridium. 

However, you're participating in the scam by being part
of the system. The real stuff is mixed right with ricin.
The only way to win is not to play. Few are so radical.

Alternative systems do not yet exist. Few see the need
to buld these though the tools have been existing for
decades. Realistically, this won't happen on time.