#OnThisDay in 1867, the very first public #NebCorp Authorised Commodity, NebLoan, and NebMarket Index premiered, as a way to distract #cogs with technically accurate though personally meaningless data, part of NebCorp's "Purloined Letter" security policy that was successfully pursued for several decades before transitioning to today's "Your Eyes Are Lying" policy.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-stock-ticker-debuts

#history #YourOverlords #TheMoreYouKnow #stonks