4: The currency that cuts crime
Lateral with Tom Scott
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Unfoldable Bank Notes?
It's not going to be like weird watermarks or anything like that. I'm pretty sure the fifth pillar is a very specific organization that prints money in India. The rupees, I believe. Is it like those novelty bank notes that churches produce with like, in God, we trust in, you know, enormous letters and that give you like eternal reward and heaven? And they give them as tips just to like make people think they've been given a hundred dollars and they're like, Oh, no, Jesus. That sounds like a Michael Reeves thing. It does. Someone make a watch that hooks up to your apple notifications for apple pay or something, gives your mouth shock every time
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