Quote from: JoelKatz on June 28, 2011, 01:39:51 PM

Quote from: BubbleBoy on June 28, 2011, 01:21:26 PM

Sure, you can loose that too, but it's a practical solution that actually works. Your solution "just keep your computer safe and make plenty of (safe) backups" is simply not practical for 90% of the people out there, because securing your computer has a tremendous learning curve. Securing a piece of paper on the other hand is something people do pretty well, see paper money.

Most people don't keep long-term savings in the form of paper money precisely because paper can be easily lost, stolen, or damaged.

People keep important paper documents in a fireproof safe. They don't keep paper money there because paper money depreciates while governments inflate the money supply.