I think that's what Graves means by "the myth of possession". But to be honest, the whole thing didn't make a lot of sense to me. Maybe it's because I was looking for something in the way of a concrete description of a "cashless society". There was talk about "responsibility" being the real basis of economic activity anyway, which is reminiscent of talk last decade about "reputational economies" whereby your prosperity depends on what people think of you (and their willingness to trust you by giving you money).

"Cashless" seems to have many meanings, from the mundane one of the use of electronic bookkeeping instead of pieces of paper and metal discs, to a society that dispenses with the concept of money altogether, like Ryker snottily pronouncing that he doesn't need money in the Federation's 24th century cashless economy.

What do you mean by "cashless society", Rob?