Well, that's a bit surreal..
Dec. 20th, 2010 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've been watching Mad Men for the first time recently.
It's extremely good.
I finished the first season a few weeks ago, and watched about half of the second season yesterday.
In between, I read most of Liar's Poker, about bond trading, Salomon Brothers, and the invention of interest-rate swaps. It was extremely surreal, because in many respects, it seemed like the world of Sterling Cooper and the world of Salomon Brothers just weren't very far away from each other.
It's extremely good.
I finished the first season a few weeks ago, and watched about half of the second season yesterday.
In between, I read most of Liar's Poker, about bond trading, Salomon Brothers, and the invention of interest-rate swaps. It was extremely surreal, because in many respects, it seemed like the world of Sterling Cooper and the world of Salomon Brothers just weren't very far away from each other.
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:04 pm (UTC)Do you watch Dexter?
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Date: 2010-12-21 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-29 05:35 am (UTC)(and that comes from someone who watched 2.5 out of 3 CSI, 2 out of 3 Law & Order, Bones & a bunch of other crime/drama/chop-em-up shows)
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Date: 2010-12-31 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-21 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-22 04:17 pm (UTC)So it's not surprising that the various points where the finance industry invents new ways to make multi-billions of dollars it becomes a similar orgy.
Looking back, I realize that the electronics/computer/Internet industry went through a similar boom, now called "high tech", and the boom is done. But most of those people were engineers and didn't live interesting lives, despite the money.