{"id":357,"date":"2022-11-02T22:44:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/?p=357"},"modified":"2022-11-07T23:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T23:12:20","slug":"1979-wall-street-workers-answer-questions-are-they-any-different-from-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"1979 Wall Street Workers Answer Random Questions about society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we are going to publish an old interview to random newyorkers, let&#8217;s see how different we are today, compared to 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> I&#8217;m sorry. Yeah, I&#8217;m a little shaky. Your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guy 1: My job? Stock exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> You think the corporations has more power than governments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy1:<\/strong> If i Do think corporations has more power than governments? A few years ago I would have said no. But today I would say definitely yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> How do you feel about your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy1:<\/strong> How do I feel about my job? Well, if it paid a little more, I think I&#8217;d like it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> How do you feel about being a member of the Information Age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, until I walked. How do I feel about being a member of the Information Society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a difficult question because I didn&#8217;t know we were in the information society. By information society, I presume you mean computers and so forth. I think it&#8217;s terrific. Without it, we wouldn&#8217;t be nearly what we are today. It gives us the opportunity to grow both as human beings and scientifically and make advancements we wouldn&#8217;t have made otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> What&#8217;s your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy2:<\/strong> Computer. Programming. The word computer programming. Computer tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Computer. Good. And your friend, does he works with you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> Yes, we work in the same company. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re working on now. Getting it operating on every professional field.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980.jpg 880w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girls-1980-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> You think the corporations has more power than governments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy2:<\/strong> Government or Corporation? Corporation! (smiles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Are you happy about your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girl:<\/strong> My job? Pretty good..Very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> You think the corporations has more power than governments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girl:<\/strong> Yes, i do (laughing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> How do you feel about being a member of the Information Age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girl:<\/strong> Does it matter? We&#8217;re an information based society and this going just to accentuate through time. I don&#8217;t think we can change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> What do you think about that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girl<\/strong>: I think it&#8217;s not necessarily bad, but for sure, technology has outdated politics and so, it outdated the protection that was granted for any citizen till a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Hello, what&#8217;s your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> What&#8217;s my Job? The fixed income salesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> How do you feel about contemporary society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> It&#8217;s good. There&#8217;s a lot of opportunity there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Do you think the power is in society members?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> No (smiles). Nobody but you want to admit this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> So, where does power stays?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> Just look who controls money and rules finance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> What&#8217;s the first thing thatcomes into your head?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy3:<\/strong> Bureaucracy. Well, there&#8217;s too much bureaucracy going on today. Money are controlled by finance and bureaucracy keeps people away from social mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> What is your job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy4:<\/strong> My job is..I&#8217;m a partner and investment advisory firm in Wall Street, and I manage accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Do you get as much as. You need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy4:<\/strong> You mean if i get as much information as I need, when I need it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally speaking, yes. Most corporations, either voluntarily or legally today, are required to give just about every little detail of their operations. So the answer would be yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> Are you optimistic about the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy4:<\/strong> Oh, am I optimistic about the future? Yes, extremely so. We have some problems that especially with the oil situation, but I think will be overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INT:<\/strong> The problem, I think, is in Washington there just you can put a man on the moon and yet you can&#8217;t come up with a synthetic fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy4:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t agree with that conclusion. I think we will overcome it as the people rally around the old American tradition and come and do their job.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/the-metropolitan.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NY-1980.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to publish an old interview to random newyorkers, let&#8217;s see how different we are today, compared to 1979. INT: I&#8217;m sorry. Yeah, I&#8217;m a little shaky. Your job? Guy 1: My job? Stock exchange. INT: You think the corporations has more power than governments? 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