Oddbean new post about login | logout NORWAY IS ONE OF THE MOST CASHLESS PLACES I HAVE VISITED. MY CASH WAS REFUSED MANY TIMES. WONDER HOW MUCH THIS WILL CHANGE THINGS.
I want to puke. Since when do bitcoiners celebrate The State paving the way to greater freedom? Yuck! In Hollywood, I intentionally went to places that did not accept cash where I would consume the food (it's common in eateries) and slap down the exact amount owed, calmly presenting facts with an open invitation to call the police when confronted. But then again, I was a civil disobedience activist for several years before PT was born so I'm well practiced.
peter todd is such a piece of shit i can't stand how fucking stupid he is
Not stupid, arrogant. It can make one say and or do stupid things though.
psychopathy is a form of retardation, so it's all stupid if you ask me they do things that cause losses to people around them and ultimately to themselves for no reason doing stuff for no reason is stupid i know they have reasons in their mind, but they are stupid reasons, so it's still stupid
They won’t take cash on the bus. They blame it to the safety of the drivers. Risk of beeing robbed. In reality it’s because it is a hassle for them. Takes time for the driver to accept cash
Other countries have box thingies at the front of the bus. You put in coin, it beeps, you go on bus. Takes less than a second. Bus driver doesn't have to do anything.
They can still blame it on the safety of the driver. The box could be a honeypot for robbers. The bus companies get away with this argument, so they are exempted from taking cash. That is, they have to accept other means of payment than an app. For instance, in rural areas with 2-3 buses a day and a large elderly population that need the bus to get to the hospital (which is centralized to the city an hour or two away to save money), you can send in payment via bank (or maybe cash?) and get the ticket in the mail (which is only delivered every other day except weekends, again too save money). So the focus of a cashless society in Norway is less about privacy and more about those who struggle with apps.