If the central difference between human beings and animals is our ability to think about the future, our species is not doing a very good job with Goldman Sachs. Both Goldman’s supporters and its critics instantly overreact to news about the bank, as if fighting over raw meat. The howls reached a feral pitch in the aftermath of Wednesday’s resignation letter from Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman, who accused the bank of having a “toxic and destructive culture”.
如果說人類與動物的核心區別就在於,我們能夠對未來進行思考,那麼在高盛(Goldman Sachs)的問題上,人類就做得不夠好。有關高盛的訊息一出,這家銀行的支持者和批評者都做出了迅速而過激的反應,就好像是在爭奪一塊生肉。在高盛執行董事格雷格•史密斯(Greg Smith)近日鬧出辭職信風波之後,這場爭奪甚至傳出了野獸一般的嘶吼。史密斯在辭職信中指責高盛的「文化有毒且具有破壞性」。