Comment Another Neal Stephenson prediction (Score 1) 55
IIRC in Anathem, the "internet" was so full of junk you had to rely on an expert to find any legitimate information.
Banks also used pay you to hold and use your money.
They still do, they're called saving accounts...
And they pay about 1/30th the interest that they did when I was a kid.
Mine pays 1.7%. It was up over 2% for a little while last year. What did yours pay when you were a kid (and what was the prime rate at the time)?
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he has a profound respect for money bags. -- Sidney Paternoster, "The Folly of the Wise"