I Could Write Something Today. . . .

But it wouldn't approach this. Doug Williams continues to look at the financial crisis and think things down to the roots. A brief sample below, but read the whole thing. Now.

Too many people in this story assumed they could know the inherently unknowable. This belief was fed by a constant stream of whiz-bang new technology, mathematics, and product offerings - each one increasing the fallacious assumption of certainty and invulnerability in its own way. It's not the first time in human history people were humbled in the attempt to assert human mastery over areas of chaos and doubt. And it won't be the last.