Creating a Stable System

Here's an interesting post about a Wall Street trader and maybe just a bit of a glimpse into the culture of Wall Street more generally.

"I had a conversation this morning with a trader that I have known from the 1990's, which is a lifetime in this business." 

Then later in the post...

"If you met him you might like him. He's affable, conservative, a decent conversationalist, and personally well kept and engaging. But he is missing something, like the derivative of a human being. If you talk about the 'bad guys' he doesn't identify with them. He thinks he is 'us.' It's never occurred to him that he is the problem. Because his value system is utterly one dimensional and egocentric. In some ways he is the most intelligent twelve year old I have ever met. But I am sure he considers me a fool and an idealist. And I might agree. But it is not so much who you are, but why. Who or what do you serve?

He is a microcosm of Wall Street, and the prevailing attitudes in the Big Banks in particular. If you wish to form public policy, if you want to create a stable system, one based on human values, never ask a trader or a trading company for advice. They are incapable of framing the question in a way that will provide you a workable answer."

The full post can be found here. Check it out in its entirety.

Adam

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