Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System

Scott Patterson, the author of "The Quants"... Honestly, I did not enjoyed "The Quants" so much as there are few confusions and doubts remained (even until today) since my last read few years back. So, now here I am with another of Quants' stuff. Let us see how it goes this round...

At the end… it is still the same, LOL. Scott Patterson although tried hard not to be too academic (the story is interesting actually), but my limitation of knowledge just does not seems to be able to absorb the whole thing completely. The first part on the overall history that led to our modern market today is actually interesting. However, the second part on market microstructure is a bit confusing.  Well, like I mentioned above, it may not be the problems by the author. It could really due to my “shallow knowledge” that contributes to the whole confusion. In fact, I did my best to research and ask around those experts. However, there are no resources that can provide me with the answer to all my puzzles. Well, this is also why it took me more than 2 weeks to finish this book...

Another possibility could lies with the facts that this is an industry will full of intense secrecy. As such, as a non-insider, the author might not be able to express his views and opinions in a correct manner. After all, those insiders are peoples who rarely willing to discuss about it.

Overall, I rated highly this book from the perspective of history description and the minimal academicals way of writing. However, I must admit that… the more I dig into this book, the more puzzles pondering in my mind. As such, out of 10, I am rating this book at 6. I thought it could be better if there is a mentor to help out during the whole reading process…

别笑！这才是中国法律史

这本书单看书名，就很有趣了。。。再来，作者是秦涛！哇，个人非常喜欢的作者之一！优记得【老谋子司马懿】曾经真的让我爱不释手。那本书我是一边读，一边不停的拍案叫绝！那这一本有如何呢？

秦涛，还是秦涛。。。功力就是十足！每个文字还是不失他的一贯幽默。一边读，就是会一边发出慧心的微笑。而，微笑的背后又有那么一大堆值得慎思的地方。因此，这本书是真的很有特色。最起码，它带给读者的不只是知识，还有欢乐和阅读的乐趣。老实说，比起一般的历史书，这本法律史也真的太不正经了，呵呵。。。

唯一的缺点：这本书其实不容易消化。作者忽略了不是每个读者都像作者那么的博学。要深入看懂这本书，读者本身必须非常熟悉整个中国史。不然，作者所要带出的幽默根本展现不出来。我个人自认挺熟悉中国历史的。但，有几个小故事，我也是读到一头雾水，呵呵。

老实说，我个人还是比较推崇【老谋子司马懿】。可能，个人比较喜欢三国故事，而且个人如作者般也是十分崇拜司马懿的。因此，打分方面，10分满分，个人给予8分。扣掉的两分纯粹是用来补偿“一头雾水”的小创伤。整体来说，这本书还是一本上等佳作。如果读者熟悉中国史，又想了解更多的中国法律史，这本书肯定是首选。

柔韧有“俞”-你所不知道的俞敏洪

最近终于有时间坐下来欣赏电影～～～『中国合伙人』。老实说，太精彩了！！！于是，四个月前才看的这本书又从新回到了我的视线。毕竟，论坛上都觉得这本书最能呈现出俞总的种种事迹。而且，基本上挺不服气的。。。呵呵，难道电影真的比书本还精彩？？？

最终，答案出来了。。。老实说，陈可辛的功劳太大了。还记得上一轮阅读时，一直在埋怨教育界的事迹就是那么不精彩。这一轮，在电影的感染下，这本书变得精彩多了！！！

最后，只能这么说。。。我认输了！！！视觉的享受怎么样都远胜于越读的纳闷。这也是为什么大多数人都选择看戏而不喜欢阅读。毕竟，电影所能呈现出来的感触有时还真的不是文笔所能取代的。这一轮的阅读不为这本书。个人纯粹是充着电影『中国合伙人』而阅读的。所以，这回，不打算给分。（因为，给了分好像也不公平）。

最后结论：先看一看电影『中国合伙人』，再来阅读这一本【柔韧有“俞”】，效果肯定更好。。。