We may be reaching a point where the systems behind an identity card are becoming more important than the token itself.

FORBES: We Don't Need a National ID Card

Each one is stuffed with several hundred tiny glass spheres or shards, of random size and glued in place in a random pattern so that each token, which can be inserted in a credit card, is unique.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Acknowledging these painful truths and in a token of my conversion, I have burned my voter registration card so as to never be patsy or party to another damn fool election.

FORBES: Chronicling The Decline And Fall Of Entitlement Democracy

My coffee date arrives wearing his token Angry Birds sweatshirt, takes a seat and slides his business card across the table.

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If a colleague gives you a token of his or her appreciation, must you run out and buy an iTunes gift card or a bottle of wine to show that you care too?

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