Redefining Value, Ownership, and Exchange with the Sharing Economy
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It’s a Shareable Life Life & Work in the Sharing Economy
@chelsearustrum#openhere
Dublin
My Work in Sharing Economy
The Book Was Crowdfunded
What is the Sharing Economy?
Types of Exchange
How the Definition is Used
Collaborative Process
Building Community
Is it Really Sharing?
A Step in the Right Direction
Redefining Value, Ownership, and Exchange
The Future of Sharing
• Is it currency?
• GDP?
• Work?
• Flexible time?
• Access to stuff?
• Food and warmth?
• Health and safety?
• Love and community?
• Happiness?
What is Value?
Bhutan Measures GNH: Gross National Happiness
• Money/Currency
• Gifts
• Points
• Pay-it-forward
• Barter
• Swapping
• Renting
How Can Value be Exchanged?
Started with land/property - use of resources no longer available to all, but rather “owned”
agricultural settlement spurred this change
What is Ownership?
"The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the
property of individuals."
- Leo Tolstoy
Gaia Theory !
The Earth as a Living Organism
Ubuntu !
I AM BECAUSE WE ARE.
Why the sharing economy is a good thing…
• Time
• Space
• Resources
• Stuff
• Transportation
• Knowledge
#1: The Sharing Economy Reveals an Abundance of Value
#2: The Sharing Economy Creates New Opportunities for Generosity
“Generosity Can Be Contagious”- Time Magazine, 2010
Place to sleep Novel experiences
Mobility Learning
Human connection
#3:The Sharing Economy Refocuses uson Access and Experiences
Anyone can be a:
• Maker
• Hotelier
• Cab driver
• Artist
• Crafter
• Author
#4:The Sharing Economy Creates a Mentality of Participation
• Open source
• Creative commons
• Crowdfunding
• Crowdsourcing
• Crowdgifting
• Commoning
#5:The Sharing Economy Promotes Social Collaboration
1. SoftwareOpen source, replicable peer-to-peer networksCrowd everything
2. Currency Alternative exchangesInternational, decentralized, digital currency
3. Legal Models & Infrastructure CooperativesShareable Cities
How Can We Use Sharing Economy Values to Create Lasting Change?
Who Will Protect the Workers of the New Economy?
Cooperative Model with Sharing Economy Company: Loconomics
"A platform helping with self-employment shouldn't be owned by the 1 percent," he said. "We're at a crossroads where technology exists to help the common worker break free from traditional
employment models. I felt it was important it be owned by the workers.” - Josh Danielson, Founder of Loconomics
Freelancer-Owned Cooperative
!3% transaction fees Freelancers get vote
and own shares
Venture-BackedStartup
!20% transaction fees Decisions made by
the board !!
“We know a whole world of pressing social problems can be improved by peer networks, digital
or analog, local or global, animated by those core values of participation, equality and diversity.
!
That is a future worth looking forward to. Now is the time to invent it.”
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Steven Johnson Future Perfect
Get in Touch
ShareableLife.com !
@chelsearustrum rustrum.com