10 reasons to fight cashless contagion
13 December, 2023Total payments uberfication is a virus, and we need to build resistance to it. Imagine referring to whisky as ‘beerless alcohol’, or to Metallica as a ‘folk music-less band’. Those descriptions are deeply uniformative because they draw attention to what’s absent rather than what’s present. The same can be said about the phrase ‘cashless society’. [...]
Supermarkets are promoting unscientific anti-cash propaganda. And the banking sector is loving it
2 September, 2020While science suggests that PIN pads are more dangerous than cash, the retail sector continues to spread fear about it. Is this just a naive mistake, or are there darker motives? This article was first published on alteredstatesof.money and is written by guest author Brett Scott. Brett Scott is an author, journalist and financial campaigner. [...]