Technology is disrupting industries ranging from healthcare to journalism, but few outside of the financial industry may realize the extent to which innovation is changing the lives of traders. My colleague Emily Lambert recently talked with James Allen Smith, who directed a new documentary called "Floored" that tells the story behind the technological revolution that’s affecting the lives of millions of investors.
Smith tells Lambert, “The film is almost more like "revenge of the nerds"-- It opens that door now to geeks and the computer guys. Now you've got MIT guys, these super computer geniuses writing these algorithms and black-box systems. What that does is cuts it off to the blue-collar everyman with the American Dream kind of thing. As we continue to move forward, things become more sophisticated. This is just another example of that.”
Original Article: Documentary Explores How Tech is Changing Wall Street « MoneyBuilder - Forbes.com
Author: David Randall
