Thinkcorps

I saw this movie a few weeks ago, during a short run at the local Cinema 21 here in Portland. Having lived in California during this whole debacle, I was having a little trouble not being totally sick. But I grew up in Texas, so I’m also not surprised at all.

The thing that gets me is that I know that Skilling is still sitting around wondering how those traders screwed up his brilliant, perfect idea. He has no clue, and maybe whe the trial really starts next year, and every cable news outlet has its cameras trained on his every lip twitch, he will start to realize how many people’s lives he has destroyed. I don’t believe in the death penalty, because I don’t think it’s the right thing to believe in, but man, I look at Skilling, and I have to admit that this guy has worked his ass off to deserve it.

The most interesting part of the whole mess is the intricacies of trading electricity, which weren’t covered in the film much at all. When your politicians and regulators don’t understand what their governing, you’ve got a big big problem. And you can see the same problems with Internet regulation, copyright, etc.

What do you do when the world rises above the heads of the politicians?