Elliot: Freud thought we were motivated by sex.
Cathie: Ahhh, excuse me, do you know where you are?
Elliot: Yeah, We are writing a blog posting about technology.
Cathie: Phew, I was thinking you were back on your therapist’s couch.
Elliot: Nah, I gave that up…
Cathie… after 16 years of therapy.
Elliot: I thought that was long enough.
Cathie: Now that we have cleared that up, what has Freud to do with technology?
Elliot: I was getting there but…
Cathie: … so get there.
Elliot: Maslow, on the other hand, felt that people were motivated by needs and he developed a hierarchy of needs.
Cathie (with a look of horror): You’re not going to share with us YOUR needs, are you?
Elliot: Ha ha. But Maslow said we must satisfy our lower level needs before we can focus on satisfying our higher level needs.
Cathie: Oh gosh, kids might read this column – please be careful.
Elliot (laughing): I posit that, as this floor mat reminds the person leaving their domicile, your cellphone ranks up there with money and keys as core items.
Cathie: Amazing!
Elliot: Thank you, I thought that was pretty brilliant.
Cathie: No, not you, you big goof, but an amazing coincidence. Yesterday I was reading in USA Today about a device that enables cellphones to accept credit cards and the following quote appeared:
"In America, people do not leave their home without
keys, their cellphone and their wallet…"
Elliot: And here is another coincidence! I am working with North American Bancard, a local Michigan company, that is about to launch a device that enables smartphones to accept credit cards! Besides the cool factor, NAB’s product is revolutionary – quite literally, everyone can accept credit cards instead of cash for payment.
Cathie: Goodbye cash, absolutely – but for how long will credit cards be around? There was just an article in the New York Times that commented: “…no one knows how long plastic cards will reign. They may eventually be rendered obsolete by technologies that will transform consumers’ cellphones into virtual wallets…”
Elliot: Who needs keys? Your codes are in your cellphone. Beam and Open!
Cathie: Who needs a wallet? All those papers and photos you cram into your wallet….
Elliot.. all digital, all on my cellphone.
Cathie: Let’s make sure we have better security first.
Elliot: Yeah, there is a 100% probability that I will lose my cellphone…
Cathie (with a knowing smile creeping across her face): I must concur…
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