Gatherings for commerce

Predate 1000BC

Bazaars and medieval fairs

Event franchises 1199AD

1960’s marketing investment

Technology costs

Virtual starts and stops

Tracking and navigation

Reduced barriers

Millimeter accuracy

NFC BTLE

Now at a cost

Lower cost ubiquity soon

Device size reduces, power, connectivity and redundancy increases

Evolutionary trend toward the elimination of the physical device

Your life shadow

Redundant distribution

Permissions are temporary

Little brother

Backlash

le Droit a l'Oubli

NPG

Otaku

Commerce at a distance

Friendship face to face

Permanence of the physical

...at least for now