http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297686724 ... difference
感谢科技进步，统治阶级奴役压榨被统治阶级的手段不断更新不断提高效率。One of these days the mansion of capitalism will crash on our heads yet again, and again, and again. Good luck suckers. May we escape with our heads unsmashed. 人类社会的唯一希望就是统治阶级人数别涨得太多，这样继续刮下去还能维持。统治阶层太拥挤，那点金字塔便会轰然倒塌，大家一起完蛋。On A 'Rigged' Wall Street, Milliseconds Make All The Difference
April 01, 2014 1:28 PM
The stock market is rigged," Michael Lewis tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "It's rigged for the benefit for really a handful of insiders. It's rigged to ... maximize the take of Wall Street, of banks, the exchanges and the high-frequency traders at the expense of ordinary investors."
Lewis is the author of several books about the world of finance, including Liar's Poker and The Big Short. His new book Flash Boys is about the form of computerized transactions known as high-frequency trading, in which the fastest computers with the highest connection speeds get the information first, and make the trade before anyone else can. A millisecond — even a nanosecond — can make all the difference between how much money is made or lost on any transaction.
You'd be surprised to hear what investment banks do to get that nanosecond edge, and how they often use it in ways Lewis describes as predatory. The victims range from some investment houses to individual investors. Lewis says high-frequency trades can end up hurting the returns on your retirement accounts. The FBI, Wall Street regulators and New York's attorney general are investigating high-frequency trading, and whether it has created an uneven playing field.
"There's a decline of trust in the marketplace because it's not as trustworthy," Lewis says. "And if it's not as trustworthy then the whole economy suffers. Trust is the grease that keeps the system working."
我现在越来越佩服 Douglas Rushkoff 了，他竟然能三言两语就把这么复杂的事儿说得我都能懂，这事儿多复杂呢？连 Michael Lewis 都说这事儿很复杂，不好懂。有些人的脑子也不知是怎么长的 ... 他那书我还是没看完，太玄了，但是里面50%-60%那些我能看懂的内容，跟我目前所知的事情是吻合的，说明他不是在瞎扯忽悠。
注意 Lewis 写的书里的主角是个加拿大人，让我更喜欢加拿大了。
乐观主义。