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@cykonot @Huntn00 @MichaelTBacon @mapachin I understand the basic econ sense of utility. But it is just like a shovel: it has utility when you need to move dirt and when you need to kill someone (actually convergent utility there). How the information is used does matter. And if the effect of targeting increased profits has side effects that damage the underlying elements, then you have just boned yourself.
@cykonot @Huntn00 @MichaelTBacon @mapachin Perhaps you cybertraders can be designed to not be as myopic as human traders, look at the vectors that drive an instrument and pursue an investment strategy that is optimal all the way around. But you would have to design out the natural sociopathic tendencies that most traders seem to fall victim to.