next david wolman looks at a future world where paper money is no longer used. in preparation for the book mr. wolman lived without physical cash for a year. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you for being here. to delve into this conversation about money and its future i thought it would be helpful to tell you about the people who are serious right now. they're furious about the idea that cash might be gone. i think this is a helpful way to touch on what i was going to introduce in the book. after a short reading we can do q&a. so the angry people. what happened to me four five years ago is like many people i was getting interested in the cost of manufacturing pennies and nickels which some people might know it costs them $0.02 to make a penny. it costs a lot more than the value stamped into the object itself. nichols right now are around $0.10 per nickel which is almost like you have to say it again. $0.10 a nickel. i was seeing a lot of this in the news like a lot of people. a group called citizens to retire the penny and on the colbert report and the was

first a discussion with the end of money author, david wolman. >> next, a discussion discussion on david wolman's book, "the end of money." a contributing editor at "wired magazine" considers the possibility that cash will disappear when he takes on a year-long quest to live without physical money. this event from the harvard store in cambridge massachusetts is an hour. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. to delve into this conversation about money, i thought it might be helpful to tell you a little bit about all of the people who have -- with me right now and this idea that cash might be gone someday. i think this is a helpful way to touch on some of the themes that i was going to introduce in the book and then after a short reading we can do some q&a. okay, so the angry people. what happened to me for five years ago is, i, like many people getting interested in the cost of manufacturing pennies and nickels, but some which some people might know right now cost 2.5 cents to make a penny, so it costs a lot more than the value stamped into the object itself. nichols right now are a

also this weekend america the beautiful director a discussion on david's book the end of the money. mr. wolman and editor of wired magazine considers the possibility that cash will disappear when he takes on the quest to live without physical money. this event from the book store in cambridge massachusetts is a hour.r. >> thank you all for being herea to delve into this conversation about money and its future i thought it might be helpful to tell you about all of the people that are furious with me rightat now. furious about this idea that the cash might be gone someday and it's a helpful way to touch on some ofm the things i was touch on some of the themes that i was going to introduce in the book and then after a short reading we can do some q&a. okay, so the angry people. what happened to me for five years ago is, i, like many people getting interested in the cost of manufacturing pennies and nickels, but some which some people might know right now cost 2.5 cents to make a penny, so it costs a lot more than the value stamped into the object itself. nichols right now are around 10 cents per