The world over, there is a massive drive to go cashless and embrace the digital mode. While several voices in the big finance and tech space are gung-ho over the prospect of a complete digital takeover, Brett Scott, in his new book Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for Our Wallets, presents a contrarian view. “I recognise that we are all caught in complex webs – economic, cultural and political – that can simultaneously liberate and imprison us. This book is designed to rebalance the skewed digital finance story, which speaks only of liberation. Think of it as a darker yin to contrast with a brighter yang,” he says, as he goes on to drive home his argument, chapter after chapter.