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by earthly10x 3458 days ago
The last few minutes of this documentary on Long Term Capital Management and its algorithmic failure will tell you why: https://vimeo.com/28554862
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The complete lack of any sign of remorse on their faces about having burned a trillion dollars made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I've never seen such a blatant display of psychopathy.