n+1 + A Hedgie

I found this dialogue between the literary magazine n+1 and a hedge fund manager brilliant.  It's thick with businesspeak but never meaninglessly so and, among other tangents, the hedge fund manager argues interestingly that a broad intellect (as opposed to one well geared to finance) is key in predicting the sea changes, like the recent sub prime crisis, where the "real money" is made.  

Note: too many 'artistic' sorts discount everything financial as dull or worse.  It would be naïve to ignore such a large area of human experience from consideration in general, but what is a real shame is I think there's something fascinating (even poetic?) in those who attempt to predict the future, no matter how foolish and for what gain, and who put other people's money where their mouths are (unlike, say, the pollster?).