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{{image|First Men|png|None of your namby-pamby [[VM CSA]] arrangements for ''these'' fellas, thank you very much. {{vsr|1963}}}} | |||
}}The First Men were the survivors of an advanced garrison of mercenary [[Lanchmani]] soldiers loosely aligned to the ancient, lost city of [[Salomoné]] — who, on a routine patrol of the wild [[Bretton Woods]] came across a ruined settlement — evidence of a now-vanished civilisation of child-like faeries — the ''[[Synthæse]]'', or “[[Children of the Woods]]” — who eschewed all earthly rancour, regarded physical settlement of disputes as sinful and instead voluntarily ''exchanged'' their differences in a standardised, non-physical, “synthetic” terms<ref>The greek word ''συντίθημι'', from which is the root of the name ''[[Synthæse]]'', means “to bring together in one place” (from ''συν-'' (“together”) + ''τίθημι'' (“set, place”)).</ref> across a centralised marketplace. | |||
After the predictable argument, followed by even more predictable drunken hand-to-hand combat in which all but two of the Salomen were killed, these two — since remembered as the [[First Men]] — suddenly grasped these eternal verities and — isn’t it the way with mortal men — thoroughly bastardised them. Instead of comparing idealised values plucked from a hypothetical realm of platonic perfection, and cash-settling any differences, the men used their metal tools to offset actual physical loan contracts in different currencies creating this unwieldy machine-age contrivance they called a “[[Sw-æp|swap]]” (originally pronounced ' | The [[Lanchmani]] were cerebral, cunning but [[Geek paradox|socially awkward and physically pathetic]] specimens who relied for their continued survival on their powers of wit, deception, and an unusally developed facility for managing [[convexity]] risk. | ||
After the predictable argument, followed by even more predictable drunken hand-to-hand combat in which all but two of the Salomen were killed, these two — the Saxon warlord [[Reg Margin]] and Romanian nobleman [[Vlad Paripasu]] — since remembered as the “[[First Men]]” — suddenly grasped these eternal verities and — isn’t it the way with mortal men? — thoroughly bastardised them. | |||
Instead of comparing idealised values plucked from a hypothetical realm of platonic perfection, and cash-settling any differences, the men used their metal tools to offset actual physical loan contracts in different currencies creating this unwieldy machine-age contrivance they called a “[[Sw-æp|swap]]” (originally pronounced “''swæp''”, to rhyme with “crap”). But in doing so, inadvertently, they created the conditions for [[financial weapons of mass destruction]] and, eventually all-out destruction of the capitalist system as we know it. This has not yet happened, to be fair, and while it is foretold, the faithful yet wait, and pray, for some furry little [[future]]s brokers to arrive from nowhere with an army centrally cleared derivatives which may yet save us from ourselves. | |||
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*The [[Children of the | *[[Geek paradox]] | ||
*[[Financial weapons of mass destruction]] | |||
*The [[Children of the Woods]] | |||
*The [[Good Man]] | *The [[Good Man]] | ||
*The [[Dark Lord of the Swaps]] | *The [[Dark Lord of the Swaps]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:51, 25 May 2023
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Myths and legends of the market, ISDA edition
The JC’s guide to the foundational mythology of the Aïessdiyé.™
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The First Men were the survivors of an advanced garrison of mercenary Lanchmani soldiers loosely aligned to the ancient, lost city of Salomoné — who, on a routine patrol of the wild Bretton Woods came across a ruined settlement — evidence of a now-vanished civilisation of child-like faeries — the Synthæse, or “Children of the Woods” — who eschewed all earthly rancour, regarded physical settlement of disputes as sinful and instead voluntarily exchanged their differences in a standardised, non-physical, “synthetic” terms[1] across a centralised marketplace.
The Lanchmani were cerebral, cunning but socially awkward and physically pathetic specimens who relied for their continued survival on their powers of wit, deception, and an unusally developed facility for managing convexity risk.
After the predictable argument, followed by even more predictable drunken hand-to-hand combat in which all but two of the Salomen were killed, these two — the Saxon warlord Reg Margin and Romanian nobleman Vlad Paripasu — since remembered as the “First Men” — suddenly grasped these eternal verities and — isn’t it the way with mortal men? — thoroughly bastardised them.
Instead of comparing idealised values plucked from a hypothetical realm of platonic perfection, and cash-settling any differences, the men used their metal tools to offset actual physical loan contracts in different currencies creating this unwieldy machine-age contrivance they called a “swap” (originally pronounced “swæp”, to rhyme with “crap”). But in doing so, inadvertently, they created the conditions for financial weapons of mass destruction and, eventually all-out destruction of the capitalist system as we know it. This has not yet happened, to be fair, and while it is foretold, the faithful yet wait, and pray, for some furry little futures brokers to arrive from nowhere with an army centrally cleared derivatives which may yet save us from ourselves.
See also
- Geek paradox
- Financial weapons of mass destruction
- The Children of the Woods
- The Good Man
- The Dark Lord of the Swaps