Comments on: The Death of Cash http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=584 The diary of a supposed futurist - observations on current and future trends Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Watson http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=584&cpage=1#comment-62132 Richard Watson Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:09:33 +0000 http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=584#comment-62132 I kinda agree. Japan is weird. On the one hand it's like a scene from Blade Runner while on the other there are guys counting things with abacuses. I think people also rather like national cash currencies. Links to thoughts of nationhood. Look at the reaction to the euro! Same could be said for physical books and newspapers over digital equivalents. I like the word 'lumpy' btw. The future is lumpy.... I kinda agree. Japan is weird. On the one hand it’s like a scene from Blade Runner while on the other there are guys counting things with abacuses. I think people also rather like national cash currencies. Links to thoughts of nationhood. Look at the reaction to the euro! Same could be said for physical books and newspapers over digital equivalents. I like the word ‘lumpy’ btw. The future is lumpy….

]]> By: Matt Moore http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=584&cpage=1#comment-62071 Matt Moore Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:44:23 +0000 http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=584#comment-62071 Paper bills are almost extinct (for me). Nearly all my utility bills & 60% of my bank statements are electronic. What about the humble receipt? My wallet is full of those things. Very disorganised... Japan's an interesting case - one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world and yet transactions are still predominantly cash-based. I wouldn't count cash out just yet - it'll probably be one of the "lumpy" areas in the future. Paper bills are almost extinct (for me). Nearly all my utility bills & 60% of my bank statements are electronic.

What about the humble receipt? My wallet is full of those things. Very disorganised…

Japan’s an interesting case – one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world and yet transactions are still predominantly cash-based. I wouldn’t count cash out just yet – it’ll probably be one of the “lumpy” areas in the future.

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