> Whomever first came up with the ripped-bill idea probably got the idea from British split tally sticks. Or another creative person came up with it independen

> Whomever first came up with the ripped-bill idea probably got the idea from British split tally sticks. Or another creative person came up with it independently. We have better resources now, but I am skeptical that per capita creativity is any better now than it ever has been in human history.