Ted Rall for October 27, 2014

Transcript:

Woman: You wanna use your phone to pay for that? Man: Why would I want to do that? Cash is anonymous. Yet, for zero incentive- a discount- phone payments allow giant corporations to track my every digital move. Government, too. Aside from the privacy problems, it abstracts expenses, making it easier for me to buy stuff I don't need at higher prices. Woman: It makes a sound engineered to release a squirt of dopamine in your frontal cortex. Man: Well in that case...