Thursday, June 17, 2010

Good complexity, bad complexity

In the context of complex financial products and algorithmic trading, we often hear that it's a problem when things that are being sold are so complex that buyers cannot possibly understand how they work. But somehow we never hear that objection about, say, computers or airline flights. What's the percentage of consumers who understand, in full detail, how a computer works or what makes an airplane fly?

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