Article in TIME magazine
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Beautiful!
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Permalink Reply by Nizam on
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Thanks for posting this link....I read it the other day about BerkShares and using alternative currencies. It is nice to have a community online where we can talk about these subjects. My "friends" on facebook don't seem that interested, .....YET
Nizam
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Permalink Reply by Karl Harris on
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Alternative Currencies is something that is new (scary/risky) to someone that can't envision the whole process. Unfortunately, these are the same people that trust the national currency completely and when it fails they look for handouts (bailouts) to rescue them.
I too have tried to convince people at my work of the benefits of using an alternative currency, however they look at me like I am a witch doctor that just walked into a corporation wanting to sell medicine.
Les Squires told me something a while back that made a lot of sense. Go find the people that are already convinced we need an alternative b/c they are already sold. Let the rest come to you when they are ready.
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