We Hate It When Our Friends Think We're Not Successful And We Feel Empty Inside

“The average bonus on Wall Street was less than $14,000 in 1985. That number didn’t get much higher until it doubled in 1991 to $31,000, which became $100,000 by the turn of the century. In 2008, even when the average bonus fell by more than a third, it fell to $112,000.”
–On bankers, expectations, income, sensations of loss and the meaningless of doing anything.