Don’t believe the hype: Here’s what’s wrong with the ‘sharing economy’ Editor’s note: Milo Yiannopoulos is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Kernel and yesterday he gave a talk at LeWeb London entitled “Why the Sharing Economy is Bollocks.” It certainly proved a divisive argument and today he’s summed it up in this politically-charged post. Think he’s gone too far or missed the point? I believe the sharing economy is rooted in ideology that runs utterly contrary to human nature, entrepreneurship, free-market capitalism and even common sense. Airbnb is a great business, by some metrics, but what it offers is not “sharing”. Nor is the sharing economy an “economy” either. The sharing economy is dangerous. Bad politics The sharing economy is bad politics. We’re told we should be living more austere lives, sharing our possessions and consuming privately, if at all. After all, the sharing economy only works for rich people. Sharing initiatives and communitarian, collaborative consumption systems are not new. A cult Image credit: Håkan Dahlström / Flickr
TIMEREPUBLIK Peer-to-peer rental: The rise of the sharing economy LAST night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. They chose their rooms and paid for everything online. But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain. Hosts and guests were matched up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco. Since its launch in 2008 more than 4m people have used it—2.5m of them in 2012 alone. It is the most prominent example of a huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet. You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshare or participating in a car pool. What’s mine is yours, for a fee Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel as and when it suits them. Peering into the future
The Sharing Economy Just Got Real The legal problems of the sharing economy just got real. The latest lawsuits against "ride-sharing" companies Lyft and Über could be game changers. The plaintiffs are drivers who give rides to strangers for money, paying a portion of their earnings to the companies. The class action lawsuits argue that the drivers should be classified as employees of the companies. Regardless of the outcome, the lawsuits call attention to the potential harms arising from the non-sharing parts of the sharing economy. The sharing economy is hard to define. Laws are already beginning to evolve for the sharing economy, but, for now, the sharing economy exists almost entirely in legal grey areas. But the "sharing economy" we usually hear about in the media is built upon a business-as-usual foundation. On one hand, these companies open economic doors. But it’s dangerous to take comfort in the simple fact that these companies create new opportunities to make a living.
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How Freelancers Are Redefining Success To Be About Value, Not Wealth In an iconic scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort--the “wolf” played by Leonardo DiCaprio--launches his $40,000 Rolex into a sea of outstretched hands, as eager young stockbrokers lunge for it, nearly clobbering one another in the process. The scene perfectly captures the infamous excesses of Wall Street in the ‘80s. But I couldn’t stop thinking about how it contrasts with the dramatic shift underway in the American economy. The nation’s 42 million freelancers are rewriting the definition of success--and it has nothing to do with gold watches, but everything to do with time. Independent workers are establishing a new way to work--and in the process, they’re cultivating a new way of life. Success in 2014 is less about wealth than it is about value--the value of time, community, and well-being. As the availability of the traditional 40-hour-a-week job wanes, so does its appeal. Many freelancers rightly see the standard workweek as a prison of the past.
Internet as Playground and Factory :: Intro MINGLES - Grupos de conversacion liderados Why every leader should care about digitization and disruptive innovation The disruptive impact of technology is the topic of a McKinsey-hosted discussion among business leaders, policy makers, and researchers at this year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland. In this video, two session participants preview the critical issues that will be discussed, including the impact of digitization and automation on labor markets and how companies can adapt in a world of rapid technological change. What follows is an edited transcript of their remarks. Interview transcript Disruption everywhere James Manyika: The reason disruptive technologies are very important to all leaders—whether they’re CEOs or policy makers—is because, for the first time, we now have technology affecting every single sector of the economy. Andrew McAfee: By now we’re all familiar with digitized text, digitized audio, and digital video. James Manyika: We also have other forms of digitization. The employment challenge James Manyika: Certainly education will help.
Connecting the Collaborative Economy Bienvenido a Meetmeals | Meetmeals.com The sharing economy grows up The sharing economy continues to attract attention as it grows into an ever more significant economic force. Estimates of its scale vary and are, because of the very nature of the sector, difficult to achieve. One estimate put the value of the sector at $110 billion; another puts peer to peer rental at $26 billion. Several things are driving the growth. The scale, potential for disruption and opportunity in almost equal measure and increasing professionalism of the sharing economy – it has just formed its first industry body PEERS - are focusing minds and attention on the wider impacts; not all of it complimentary. Cities are beginning to respond and develop clear policies and strategies to encourage the benefits and minimise problems. Elsewhere, Seoul’s Mayor is taking a strategic lead in turning the city into a sharing city; likewise the Mayor of San Francisco. And we probably ‘ain’t seen nothing yet’. And the sharing economy will also benefit public services.
Agenda Du 11 au 13 septembre aura lieu la rencontre internationale "Humanisme & Mindfulness : une éducation pour le XXIème siècle" parrainée par Edgar Morin, Pierre Rabhi et Denys Rinpoche. Cette rencontre à pour but de contribuer au dialogue et à la coopération pour une intégration authentique et harmonieuse de la Mindfulness dans l’éducation. Aujourd’hui, le développement des recherches scientifiques sur la Mindfulness (pleine présence - pleine conscience) et leurs nombreuses applications sociétales, sont au cœur de nouvelles perspectives concernant les sciences de la santé, l’éducation et le bien vivre ensemble. Au programme, sept conférences plénières, suivies de tables-rondes sur les relations entre la pleine conscience et l’humanisme, les neurosciences, l’éducation à tous les âges de la vie et la citoyenneté. Parmi les intervenants, de nombreux philosophes, chercheurs, professeurs...! Tarif : 55€ / jour ou 165€ / 3jours. Inscription ici >>> Plus d'info