[vostrocity]

I'm not sure it's human nature as much as it is a system that compresses everything into finance.

[hermitcrab]

And we've all seen what happened at Boeing when the MBAs and spreadsheet jockeys took over from the engineers.

[whodidntante]

Immense power and profits attracts certain behaviors. This has happened throughout history. Finance is a lot more efficient, flexible, and powerful than other mechanisms, and has become the modern choice.