The case is not closed because there are cookies among other things that trac every move made on line to follow what you do, where you visit and what you may have an interest in buying or pursuing to consider whether it is something that you would even want to buy.
How you pay for what you want is the final frontier between real freedom as contemplated by our founding fathers in contrast to surrending that freedom to greed and corporations that have a vested interest in promoting convenience. They want you to believe they know what you want. And that convenience trumps the real choice of how people should manage their own life which includes the option of paying for something desired with real money. And that is the other part of the slippery slope.
And I understand this may read and sound a little too Orwellian... But we are close to that intersection in the road.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I just went to my bank of 40 years and tried to Put in $1200 in CASH and was told that I can not deposit cash without an ID. WTF???? I freaked out, ask for a manager and gave her an earful.
3) I listened to someone say recently (I wish I could remember who and where) that to increase coin collecting the focus should not be on YNs but on 40-50 year olds. In no way was he against YN programs and education but I believe he correctly pointed out that might be the best target audience to increase collecting. Can't hurt to try something different.
To bolster the prices of coins then, certainly, attracting older folks is the way to go.
but the long term health and well being of the hobby requires us to interest young people in coin collecting.
Recruiting 40-50 year olds is probably not very beneficial anyway. Certainly such individuals are welcome and can find the hobby offers a great deal but "recruiting" them probably means appeals to the profit potential of coins. A vast army of speculators and buyers might seem good for the hobby but history shows us that there is mostly just damage to the individuals and to the hobby. Certainly encouraging 40-50 year olds is great, just be careful how they are "encouraged".
And I understand this may read and sound a little too Orwellian... But we are close to that intersection in the road.
Imagine the detailed dossier that can be assembled on someone by knowing everywhere he goes and everything he buys. Computers will know about you than your family and this information can easily be used against you. "Chain are Freedom". "Work Sets You Free". "Liberty is Restrictions".
The case is not closed because there are cookies among other things that trac every move made on line to follow what you do, where you visit and what you may have an interest in buying or pursuing to consider whether it is something that you would even want to buy.
How you pay for what you want is the final frontier between real freedom as contemplated by our founding fathers in contrast to surrending that freedom to greed and corporations that have a vested interest in promoting convenience. They want you to believe they know what you want. And that convenience trumps the real choice of how people should manage their own life which includes the option of paying for something desired with real money. And that is the other part of the slippery slope.
And I understand this may read and sound a little too Orwellian... But we are close to that intersection in the road.
If you're not familiar with "5G" do a bit of reading on it. If you're concerned with your privacy now with 4G, buckle up buckaroo!! "The internet of things" is on the horizon and 5G will make that possible and will use your data against you.
I prefer cash transactions so for me, that will never change unless there's no option (which I doubt will ever happen in my young daughter's lifetime.) It's a bit like the proverbial "paperless office" and the flying cars we all should have had by now -- not impossible but just as likely to be a future with a lot of new things, just also alongside some very familiar ones.
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The case is not closed because there are cookies among other things that trac every move made on line to follow what you do, where you visit and what you may have an interest in buying or pursuing to consider whether it is something that you would even want to buy.
How you pay for what you want is the final frontier between real freedom as contemplated by our founding fathers in contrast to surrending that freedom to greed and corporations that have a vested interest in promoting convenience. They want you to believe they know what you want. And that convenience trumps the real choice of how people should manage their own life which includes the option of paying for something desired with real money. And that is the other part of the slippery slope.
And I understand this may read and sound a little too Orwellian... But we are close to that intersection in the road.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
OMG!!!!
I just went to my bank of 40 years and tried to Put in $1200 in CASH and was told that I can not deposit cash without an ID. WTF???? I freaked out, ask for a manager and gave her an earful.
GEEZ!!!!!
To bolster the prices of coins then, certainly, attracting older folks is the way to go.
but the long term health and well being of the hobby requires us to interest young people in coin collecting.
Recruiting 40-50 year olds is probably not very beneficial anyway. Certainly such individuals are welcome and can find the hobby offers a great deal but "recruiting" them probably means appeals to the profit potential of coins. A vast army of speculators and buyers might seem good for the hobby but history shows us that there is mostly just damage to the individuals and to the hobby. Certainly encouraging 40-50 year olds is great, just be careful how they are "encouraged".
Imagine the detailed dossier that can be assembled on someone by knowing everywhere he goes and everything he buys. Computers will know about you than your family and this information can easily be used against you. "Chain are Freedom". "Work Sets You Free". "Liberty is Restrictions".
Just like 1984 that intersection is behind us.
Those with the tinfoil hats need not worry just yet. 30% of all retail transactions are still in cash.
https://hbr.org/2019/07/is-the-u-s-on-its-way-to-becoming-a-cashless-society
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Thanks for making the comment
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Not wearing a spaghetti strainer, tin foil or anything that resembles that...
We are just not at that stage yet... LOL
Savitale... You may want to look at posting history before posting something like that
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Exactly! Plus it won't happen anyway.
Pennies are almost gone for commerce, people still collect them
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
LOL, the US is far behind China?> @coinkat said:
If you're not familiar with "5G" do a bit of reading on it. If you're concerned with your privacy now with 4G, buckle up buckaroo!! "The internet of things" is on the horizon and 5G will make that possible and will use your data against you.
Stewart all your coins will be worthless. You should just give them to me now...
I prefer cash transactions so for me, that will never change unless there's no option (which I doubt will ever happen in my young daughter's lifetime.) It's a bit like the proverbial "paperless office" and the flying cars we all should have had by now -- not impossible but just as likely to be a future with a lot of new things, just also alongside some very familiar ones.