• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Well one happens while grandma is hugging the kid. It involves perceiving and interacting with a physical object, which uses parts of the brain that are hundreds of millions of years older than the parts you’re using when you see a notification on your phone.

    Also there’s the fact of the secrecy, which isn’t there when all transfers are recorded for possible analysis later.

    Quite a bit is different actually.

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      7 months ago

      I’m not really hearing a compelling argument sorry.

      My parents relationship with my kids runs far deeper than the act of handing over cash.

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        7 months ago

        Yes, I fondly remember growing up smelling QR codes that my grandma handed me before getting on my plane flight, I’ll always have the memory of hugging her and scanning the QR code from her phone that she can definitely figure out.

        Which of course is a much better memory than a pinch on the cheek and being given $50 in cash for your flight.