Anybody remember the television program Max Headroom from the 1980s? There were two things that stood out.
One: There was no cash. Everybody carried an ID stick. That was your life. Who you were, how much money you had. If the government wanted to shut you down, it disabled your stick.
Two: There was a fringe group call the Blanks. Blanks lived outside of the system. Blanks had their entire existence scrubbed from the government computers, lived outside of society, and did everything via barter. I was in my early 20s at the time. I told my wife that, when the time comes, I'm going to end up being a blank.
Anybody remember the television program Max Headroom from the 1980s? There were two things that stood out.
One: There was no cash. Everybody carried an ID stick. That was your life. Who you were, how much money you had. If the government wanted to shut you down, it disabled your stick.
Two: There was a fringe group call the Blanks. Blanks lived outside of the system. Blanks had their entire existence scrubbed from the government computers, lived outside of society, and did everything via barter. I was in my early 20s at the time. I told my wife that, when the time comes, I'm going to end up being a blank.
Looks like the time has come.