I turn aside with a shudder of horror from this lamentable plague of functions which have no derivatives.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Derivatives are a huge, complex issue.
Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded, how they're accounted for, and how they're financed, like any other financial instrument, if done properly.
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.
I didn't become interested in derivatives until 1982, 1983.
In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.
When they are employed wisely, derivatives make the world simpler because they give their buyers an ability to manage and transfer risk.
An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.
Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.
I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.