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9 Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime

Chanced upon this article when it was circulated to me by a friend. At first, I didn't take much notice of it but when I read it a few days later I find it makes sense in this fast changing world. A good article but I have no inkling who was the author, bravo! Quote Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come. 1. The Post Office Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills. 2. The Cheque Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the cheque. This plays right into the death