I Am Mine By Pearl Jam

For those who think the world is perfect, well it's not. Even after a million inventions, it is not perfect. Even after the introduction of laws, it is still not perfect. There are surely more than a billion ways to improve this world we live in. We need ideas, ideas and ideas. Though of course some ideas are impractical, they can still be introduced to certain countries and from there, to the world.

An idea I would like to propose is the introduction of thumbprints to the identification system. I bet your wallet is heavier than your jeans. It's stuffed with coins, your IC, grocery cards, bank cards, safra membership card, EZ-link and so on. Why not throw all that away and let's just use our thumbprints when we buy something or any identification purposes eh? Let's see, the Singapore Immigration Authorities have already introduced this system but it's only for people who are sixteen years old and above. Furthermore, the machine does not really identify us, it merely matches our thumbprint with that in our passports.

However it's still a good thing that they've introduced this system, because hey, if nobody starts it, then nobody would follow right? 1st world countries must surely be the starters because they have more than enough cash in their reserves. There are of course some problems with introducing this system. Firstly, many poeple thumbprints are needed to be recorded down into a data bank and i'm talkin about more than 7 billion people and counting. Secondly, what do we do with our existing cards,cash and coins? Thirdly, what about people without fingers? Fourthly, hackers can still hack into the system with their nerdy brains and then of course, they'll be rich, powerful, and famous for the worng reasons but the thing i fear the most is that the law could never catch them. Lastly, business that produces wallets and cards would simply go bankrupt.

However if by some miracle this system is introduced, the world would be more effecient and we'll be saving resources. Imagine this, you go flag a taxi and you show him your thumb, place it onto the identification system and say I AM MINE!