OMG-I'M OUT OF IDEAS----NOT!

If as a writer there comes a time when you think you have nothing to write about, I am sorry to say you are mistaken. First push the button inside your brain that is your imagination, then read the headlines in the news.

There are a thousand fictional stories mixed in those headlines almost each day.

Case in point, my book Remain Alive is a science fiction story about Artificial Intelligence, its taking over the world and destroying mankind. AI is the future that is without a doubt. I read an article last year that predicted by the year 2035 the world would no longer use hard currency.

I thought about it and wrote the following two paragraphs , which are in Chapter 1. 

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"By 2039, banking relied heavily on electronics and nearly all transactions were paperless. Money electronically transferred in and out of accounts in seconds. Influential financial institutions began campaigning that real hard currencies were no longer necessary and argued that they were expensive and inefficient forms of making payments. Governments around the world started destroying their currencies and no longer recognized them as acceptable forms of payment.
            Society's enemy had become the corporations, the rulers of the new world. However, even the most powerful rulers have enemies. The corporation's enemy had become the machine. Late that same year the banking system without warning collapsed and all bank accounts worldwide suddenly disappeared. This was the work of the Summation, a single leader. Its reach was worldwide; its center unknown, it had infiltrated and now controlled every human being's life. It was the beginning of the age of the machine and the beginning of the demise of humankind."

I know, I know. A bit ominous, but my post continues. You're probably asking what has this to do with price of bananas. Nothing, except today October 15, 2017 I came across this headline and subsequent small article from Yahoo Finance.

 Brittany Jones-Cooper Thu, Oct 12 12:59 PM PDT Yahoo Finance

These countries have gone mostly cashless

They say that cash is king, but newer and more convenient payment methods are gunning for the crown.
These days, more and more countries are adopting cashless payments, which includes credit card purchases, contactless payments, mobile banking apps and digital options like Apple Pay. To see which countries were adopting cashless the quickest, Forex, a global travel site, conducted a study comparing 20 of the world’s largest economies.
In the report, Canada was singled out as the country most embracing cashless technology, which could be attributed to its population changing attitudes that began several years ago. A recent survey in May found that 50% of Canadians are ready to get rid of banknotes and coins. While a 2013 MasterCard survey found 90% of the total value of consumer payments in Canada were made through non-cash methods.

​My two paragraphs seem to be two decades too late, events may happen sooner than I wrote about.Is it something to be concerned about?

​The point here is that even something so small can be the linchpin to a great story.

So next time you're wondering where the next idea is coming from, mix your imagination with a small seemingly unimportant story you found in the news.   






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