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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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jean lievens
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The last century was driven by mass production and increasing efficiency. This one will be a semantic century, in which how you connect will determine how you perform. 
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We live in an exceptional moment in history. Gigantic changes are under way in society. Everything we do is being re-invented—how we live, how we work, how we play, how we communicate, even how we think and how we feel.
Eli Levine's curator insight,
May 3, 2014 7:46 PM
While I'm not as optimistic about all the changes that this article describes, I honestly think that it's an interesting paradigm shift to think in terms of increasing access rather than increasing ownership.
I'd still like to know what role profit plays in all of this and how it is distributed within the companies. After all, the best way to increase access is to pay people decently, so they can afford goods and services. There's only so much that a person can have in this lifetime, let alone, only so much they need to really be happy.
Will be keeping an eye on this phenomenon as it develops.
Think about it. 
Jason Brunson's curator insight,
May 4, 2014 10:33 PM
Our economy is changing at a rapid pace, something new is emerging but what it is, is still anyone's guess.
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Once thought of as a craze for Millennials rejecting consumerism, the sharing economy is now a recognized movement that has seized the attention of the New York Times, the Economist and NPR, among others. The sharing economy refers to a new kind of economic model where underutilized products and assets—think cars, apartment or home space and even one’s time—are shared with others, valuing access to these goods over ownership. In Madison, early traces of the sharing economy can be seen in our long history of cooperatives.
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The advertising age had a good run, from the birth of mass media until the point it went social. Then consumers began to talk back online--in Amazon reviews, Yelp ratings, and Facebook posts--and the customer experience age was born. Today snarky comments are the least of marketers' worries, as we enter what the Altimeter Group calls "the collaborative era."
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A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that revenue in five key sectors of the sharing economy could reach $335 billion by 2025.
Guido's curator insight,
April 20, 2015 3:26 PM
Can we share heritage to make it more accessible and fun?
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It all started about a year ago, when my husband and I got struck by a serious bout of travel lust and decided to step out of the Silicon Valley rat race for a while to wander the globe and explore what it was like to live in different parts of the world.
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Disruptive business models based on the sale of usage, performance or experience are gaining popularity and stand to benefit businesses, consumers and the planet
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Why buy something when you could rent it, have it instantly delivered when you need it, and taken away when you're done? While Amazon's unveiling of itsPrime Air drone-powered delivery service could make buying easier, it's drone pick-up that could make it so we don't need to buy things at all.
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This is a guest post by Gary Swart, the CEO of oDesk, an online marketplace for hiring virtual workers. Today’s millennials don’t like to own anything—besides businesses, that is.
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