https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/metrocard-nyc-farewell-tour.html
https://www.wbgo.org/news/2025-12-31/end-of-the-metrocard-in-nycs-subway-system
https://www.fox5ny.com/video/fmc-eukxbnwrxtsu2bvl
End of an era as New York City transit retires three-decade-old MetroCard https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/new-york-city-metrocard-retired
Eventually, you can become like a mouse in a technological maze.
https://www.meegle.com/en_us/topics/face-recognition/face-recognition-for-subways
A biometric ID system is convenient, but people could be conditioned to jump through various hoops in the Earth management circus.
