The high-tech store with a paper receipt

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Dr. Dave visits a store advanced enough to sell individual electronic components, then watches the clerk total his purchase on a calculator and write a duplicate receipt by hand. He delights in the irony and finally decides that the old system deserves credit for working.

0:56 · Consulting Philosophy

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Proposed recording date: 2005-01-08. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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