"Right."

"If you give the Simoleons away at random, you're rolling the dice. But if you give them to people who are secretly panarchists -- who have a vested interest in showing that E-money works -- it's a much safer bet."

"Does the First Distributed Republic have a flag?" Mom asks, out of left field.

I tell her these guys look like sewing enthusiasts. So, even before the second half starts, she's sketched out a flag on the back of her program. "It'll be very colorful," she says. "Like a jar of jelly beans."

END