Continuations - Latest Comments in The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

nav — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:58:24 -0000

Great share. I love Umair's writing in general, and this piece in particular fits in perfectly with this discussion. Thanks!

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

albert — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:50:22 -0000

Great point! Wesabe and Mint should help people understand the difference.

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

qwang — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:16:35 -0000

If you look at how people manage corporate and personal finances, you'll often find that the biggest philosophical gap is the lack of the concept of capex in personal finance (everything is an expense!). If you suddenly view your car, or your designer handbags as capex, then all of a sudden you start thinking about issues like utilization and scale, and begin thinking about creating economic value through sharing of capital-intensive resources.

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

Emil Sotirov — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:12:21 -0000

It doesn't have to be with Zipcar at the center (although they have the advantage of having their system in place) - it could be an open source thing... with multiple vendors plugging in... with their devices, car kits, online interfaces, etc...

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

albert — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:57:29 -0000

Interesting idea. The trick would be to make it economical for individuals to equip their cars so that they could enter the pool.

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

Emil Sotirov — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:39:45 -0000

Here is one more link... to a post I made a year ago... where I push the Zipcar idea one step further - Zipcar opening up their platform - becoming the Goggle of cars (CarSense):
http://sotirov.com/2008/02/...

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

albert — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:43:40 -0000

I like that way of thinking about why sharing is becoming more attractive. Ownership is also sufferring feeom environmental impact concerns. Will check out the link - thanks!

Re: The Coming Resource Glut: Doing More with Less

Emil Sotirov — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:37:41 -0000

From owning to sharing:
http://blogs.harvardbusines...

I don't believe rational or practical reasons are the main driver of social or behavioral change.

My guess is sharing will become more acceptable because "ownership" of stuff and staff will no more work as the predominant status symbol... in other words, more stuff and staff will not get you more "attention" (it's the attention economy, stupid).