[ExI] Efficiency of algorithmic trading

[Damien Broderick]

On 5/2/2011 9:30 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

> Just admit to yourself, Jones - you are consumed by envy. Then cast
> this ugliness out of your soul and you will be a better person for it.

Rafal, there is a difference between ugly envy and righteous 
indignation. You (like most of us) feel furious indignation toward 
governments and their toadies. Some feel it toward tobacco companies who 
foist lethal addictive substances on hundreds of millions of humans. 
Some feel it toward the armed and murderous purveyors of other drugs, 
including some drugs that many on this list wish to consume. Some feel 
it toward bankers and manufacturers who fuck up big time but are bailed 
out at public expense, while those responsible for the damage get 
multi-million dollar bonuses. Envy is not the only motive for wishing to 
prevent some from engaging in harmful actions that make them vastly 
wealthy at the expense of others, or at least reducing the profits they 
make in doing so.

Damien Broderick