Video Imagines World in Which Homeless Use Square

Technology has made a lot of things obsolete — including cash

And since most of us aren't walking around with quarters and dollar bills overflowing from our wallets, the homeless have had to adopt new money-collecting tactics

Comedian John Elerick has imagined a world in which homeless people resourcefully use iPhones and Square — not to mention credit-card minimums — to prevent passersby from shrugging them off

Elerick told Mashable that he was inspired to create the video after having a similar encounter with one homeless man. Elerick said he couldn't provide help because he didn't have any cash on-hand Read more...