Lesson # 51 : Greed for lack of a better word is good

It's been 26 years since Wall Street first hit theatres but today more than ever Gordon Gekko's words ring true in our ears. His iconic speech when he is about to take over Teldar paper serves as a reminder of how money centric society has become.

For those of you who have not watched the film I would suggest you to get out of your caves and go to your local video store and rent the film immediately. Still here's the entire speech if you are too lazy to get up and go for a walk.

It's ironic as to what we have come to. Society judges a man not by the intellect and thought process or his character but by the jingling of money in his pockets. The days of wisdom have come to pass and men are judged by the brand of clothes and watches. They are judged not by who they are or what they stand for but by the people who stand by them and the cars they drive and the gadgets they own. 

An entangled matrix of greed and wealth has come to be formed. It's come a lot later than when Gordon Gekko predicted it. Perhaps we have started feeling it's consequences today. Greed seems to be a never ending spiral and no matter how far we travel along it it never seems to end.

More fittingly the reason for this can be scientific as well. A study of the theory of relativity will provide evidence that assuming everything is relative greed would also be a part of that wholesome set.

Thus, greed will never get satisfied not today, not tomorrow, not ever.

Meeting one target will force us into an abyss to achieve another target. One million, Two million and so on. It's a never ending spiral and it's not going to stop. 

And so let's take solace in the fact that even though we are not stupid or foolish we are ignorant beings who will still believe and follow in Gordon Gekko's footsteps for

"Greed is Good and the number is more"