In final analysis, they delight from the pursuit of the greater good rather than the greater fool, unlike our finance industry. They share a joy from making things more efficient. It’s been my observation that engineers are people who revel in the process of creating things of lasting value and improving them. So what does all this have to do with engineering? Without a doubt the easy access to wealth, power, and prestige was an important attraction for this career choice.įine.

This investment banking industry, awash with money, has attracted many of the brightest graduates of the top universities in the US for some time. The recent asset bubble involved financial instruments promoted by firms with some of the most hallowed names on Wall Street and were assured to be of high quality by the credit rating agencies, that were supposed to represent the pinnacle of financial prudence. This editor cannot but notice the stark contrast between the motivations of the folks in the investment banking industry, whose machinations have contributed mightily to the situation we are now in, and that of most of the engineers I have met in my career.Īt their best, the investment bankers of the world have moved capital across borders to fund worthy enterprises that have competent managers, a good business plan, and a market for their goods or services.Īt their worst, and we have had many examples of that in recent months, they have fueled a speculative bubble that has led to the mass destruction of wealth.

Even after the world economy picks up again, the world will certainly face an era of greater scarcity. Unfortunately, it is now clear that, no matter how the credit markets fare, there will be a recession. But no love lost seems fair to say except when I look around It's here, right near.At the time of this writing (mid-November), it appears that significant progress has been made toward avoiding a global financial collapse and that we now have a good chance of avoiding that fate. You lied And you know Yeah, you know You know, you know Sleeping on me Woke up and switched up on me What the fuck did you dream? I thought we was a team The gall, the nerve, the audacity You trying to boost up buddy to be better than me He got a version of you, that was better, from me He ain't get you like I got you The gall, the nerve, the audacity Keep seeing you everywhere I guess life wanna remind me there's no rewinding, that's clear. You lied And you know Yeah, you know You know, you know Sleeping on me Woke up and switched up on me What the fuck did you dream? I thought we was a team The gall, the nerve, the audacity You trying to boost up buddy to be better than me He got a version of you, that was better, from me He ain't get you like I got you The gall, the nerve, the audacity You lied And you know Yeah, you know You know, you know Don't ever ask if I loved you or not Got in holes to dig you out Bitch, I loved you a lot And I changed too but not at your pace Unreal for real nigga to do about face That just means I didn't mean what I meant Can't put my 2 cents in without sense And I helped you in the game off the bench, say I didn't And I don't need the credit until you say I didn't Asked to see your true colors, on some gotta know But I didn't know, you a kaleidoscope Wow, That's crazy All you say is 'I don't know', that's lazy I get quiet, you hate it But I never let you one way me, that's basics Don't be basic Then you come back later, confirmed everything I been saying Now you playing

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