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The Wiki Man

Why we need paper promises

20 May 2017

9:00 AM

20 May 2017

9:00 AM

When you get into a taxi, there’s usually a framed sheet of paper describing what you pay for your trip: the cost of every mile travelled at different times of day, and the price of waiting time.

As digital screens become ever cheaper, it won’t be long before someone suggests that there is no need to have these things any more.

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