I was just reading about how Somalia's phone based system leapfrogged us... No BTC required, instituted ca. 2011.
https://qz.com/625258/more-phones-few-banks-and-years-of-instability-are-transforming-somalia-to-a-cashless-society/ … https://twitter.com/prestonjbyrne/status/903770710195261440 …
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Trend is happening for many reasons. "Literally every business and brand in China is plugged into this ecosystem." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/business/china-cash-smartphone-payments.html …pic.twitter.com/A4GtWmnqgm
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Doctorow had a story about this that seemed like a differently bad idea but now it's here.
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Tell me how it ends, something about his vibe always grated on me so I never finished it.
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Ah, seems he did a read-aloud of it on his website! http://craphound.com/down/2013/03/18/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-01-2/ … http://craphound.com/down/2013/03/25/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-02-2/ … (starts at 4m in)
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Whoa! weird sycopation.
@doctorow's http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2016/03/cory-doctorow-wealth-inequality-is-even-worse-in-reputation-economies/ … and@sarahdoingthing's https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/03/03/inequalities/ … were published the same day!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I think I remember that confessional (but the story itself did seem like some Orwellian commentary on how fucked it would be).
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yeah he's a commie
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