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		lemming on Oct 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland Or a handful of financiers can find a new way to securitize debt, lowering interest rates for 100m borrowers. Or they could find a new way to ignore investment risk in the interest of naked greed, causing suffering for millions all over the globe.

aianus on Oct 3, 2015 [–]

Yep, the flip side to having a massive impact is that you also have a massive impact when you're wrong. You'd still want the 'best and brightest' in those positions than not.

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