On the sharing economy –
- Since 2010 Uber has gone from startup to 40+ billion dollar valuation.
- People are seeing that something new is happening with this sharing economy model.
- Set up an Uber index to see what municipalities are friendly to the adaptation of new tech. Those that ban it are not good places to cultivate new ideas.
- With AI and VR, the real estate broker will go away. Many other linear thinking industries will be replaced by digital tools soon.
- As soon as an industry goes to regulators/lawyers to protect against the technology, it is in its death roes.
- Medieval guilds (unions) often react negatively to new changes, and fight against progress in their fields.
- The concept of Uber is (and their vision) is far beyond cars. It is it revolutionize transportation.
- We are heading towards a time when people will no longer own cars out of necessity.
- New tech = new jobs. Not simply destroying jobs.
- Making illegal technologies that will make your city more efficient are signs of your death spiral.
- Explosion of entreprenship and connectivity creating this revolution
- Regulators are afraid because an algorithm is doing a better job of guaranteeing consistent quality than they can.
- What else from your life can you add to the sharing economy?
- Apps like 1000 tools where you can locally rent tools for your weekend projects.
- Cost of transportation will drop a tenfold with automation of driving.
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