The Wired cover story this month is not our Ug99 opus, but rather a brilliant meditation on the future of money. A couple of years hence, you can forget about the ATM—just think "pay this man," and neural implants will automatically wire dough from your bank account to your creditor. Or something like that.
In the Solomon Islands, however, the future of money is looking very much like the past, at least when it comes to settling local debts:
Mother of Shell Money Hilda Gelulu from Surabotaá in...
Published on February 24, 2010 08:07