14.4. Epilogue
This book started out as a popular guide for people looking to get into financial technology. It is based in part on the kinds of questions I often get from UC Berkeley students curious about the Center for Innovative Financial Technology.[] The financial technology globe has not stopped turning, though it has slowed a bit, and its population is not as large as it once was. I'm confident in saying that there will in fact be room in the future for new people in the wired markets of the world, whether they are trading securities, emissions, or electrons.
Ogden Nash was mildly nostalgic but mostly joking when he said, "Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long." None of us will be going back to shouting under the Buttonwood tree.
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