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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Owning Is the New Sharing

Owning Is the New Sharing | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

One chilly morning last winter, I reconnected with an old friend, Joel Dietz, on a video chat. We hadn’t seen each other for years, and we’d each had several starts and stops in our lives since. He began telling me about his latest undertaking, Evergreen, a digital currency system that he described as “organic” and “without additives.” I was doing all I could to understand it, and he was struggling to fund it in a way that suited his vision. He needed money, and quickly, but he didn’t want to sabotage his ideals in the process.

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Stossel profiles collaborative consumption, crowdsourcing, and the sharing economy; and the enemies of innovation

Stossel profiles collaborative consumption, crowdsourcing, and the sharing economy; and the enemies of innovation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

John Stossel demonstrates how the ride-sharing Lyft app works by becoming a Lyft driver, and then explains why the taxi cartel hates ride-sharing services like Lyft. He then profiles Airbnb, another example of collaborative consumption, which the enemies of innovation – the politicians – are trying to stop.

 
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