Sublime

(Freecardboardboxes.com)

technology is reinventing old forms of trust. Chesky predicts, “The status quo is being replaced by a movement. Peer-to-peer is going to become the default way people exchange things, whether it is space, stuff, skills, or services.”

community among members, and to tailor recommendations to individual tastes.

in the twentieth century of hyper-consumption we were defined by credit, advertising, and what we owned; in the twenty-first century of Collaborative Consumption we will be defined by reputation, by community, and by what we can access and how we share and what we give away.13

sharing is convenient, secure, and more cost-effective than ownership.

We are turning products into services, even if we’re not conscious of it.

“access is better than ownership.”