Monday, September 29, 2014

Is the sharing economy a "racket"?

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...Evgeny Morozov (well-known Internet activist) seems to think so in a recent article in The Guardian:

"Don't believe the hype, the 'sharing economy' masks a failing economy"

At its worst, the sharing economy turns us into perpetual hustlers, cementing our connection to the global market. This sharing imperative dictates that everything that we own, from tangible assets to intangible thoughts, be categorised and assigned some kind of a unique identifier like the QR code. When somebody somewhere – it could be our neighbour or an advertising company across the ocean – expresses an interest in "borrowing" an item that matches the description of what we own, our phone would notify us of their offer, pitting us against all the other "micro-entrepreneurs" with similar ownership profiles. 
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