a london based anthropologist and author brett scott has studied monetary systems and digital payment methods he's currently writing a book about the cashless society he takes a critical view of the developments in britain and doesn't think that street performers and other groups really benefit from the trend towards cashless payment . it's not like they're making more money now suddenly they're taking digital payments just a bit of i don't think digital payments in a city like this very going to be excluded one is an observation about living in the u.k. i would say the country has a kind of like a low. a low immunity to corporate takeover you know if you go to certain countries you'll see that people. resist chain stores they resist these huge institutions taking over everything whereas when u.k. people seem to just kind of like acceptance even britain's nonprofit institutions are joining the cashless age admission to the tate modern museum is free but museums are encouraged to make a donation which they can now do just by tapping. moral this story many others in the world of arts an