My favorite from the article, from the wishful thinking department: "One government official said the activity reinforced worries that “the market has outpaced the ability of the infrastructure to handle it. We have detached finance from the real economy and created a monster.”



They all listened to the beautiful machines as they quietly calculated by the nanosecond, confident their motives and fears were well hidden. They were both surprised and embarrassed when the machines betrayed both their intent and fear at odd moments though.