> I agree with almost all of his points, but it turns out I don't agree enough to forego the convenience of doing without cash. Well, having to check the corre

> I agree with almost all of his points, but it turns out I don't agree enough to forego the convenience of doing without cash. Well, having to check the correctness of the electronic transactions (are the correct? Were some of them fraudulent? - yes, both happens) all the time, and having to get along with the "anti-fraud systems" often involved in electronic transactions is in my experience very inconvenient. Cash is much more convenient in this regard. P.S. Of course every hacker ("Hacker News") would also correctly say that paying electronically without leaking lots of private data is hard, and thus very inconvenient. Another argument why cash is more convenient.