The financial industry does not serve society nowhere near its magnitude (London of course being the epitome of that). It serves only itself. It just grows without bound.
- www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/on-the-floor-laughing-traders-are-having-a-new-kind-of-fun/238570/ On the Floor Laughing: Traders Are Having a New Kind of Fun (2011) by James Somers describes trading as a kind of game.