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Alex McKayʼs Story from 2050:
From the book The World We Made, J. Porritt
“By the ear ly 2020s . . . persona l ownersh ip became much less impor tan t , wh i le ren t ing , shar ing , swapp ing and bar te r ing became the
new norm. . . I t was re fe r red to as ' co l labora t i ve consumpt ion ' back then . ”
From the consumer perspect ive
H i , th is i s Bob
100
1,000
Before:10 people each own $100 worth of goods
After:10 people each consume
$1,000 worth of goods
H i , th is i s Bob
$1,000,000 worth of goods
. . . and i t ’s real ly scalable
in 200m radius a lone:
Weʼre accelerating the future.
Starting here in Hong Kong
A D ig i t a l L i b r a r y o f Goods
MAR 19, 2015
NOV 21, 2014
•2,000 + i t ems
•5,000 + commun i t y member s
•Grow ing 50% m/m
•Home & D IY•Outdoo r s & Le i su r e•C lo th ing and A c ce s so r i e s•Baby/Ch i l d r en A c ce s so r i e s•Mus i c s c o r e s and i n s t r umen t s
How to get from 2015 to 2020?
Hurdle #1
ConspicuousConsumption
since 1899...
Hurdle #2
Ownership and responsibility misaligned
LETʼS TALK!Transaction costs need to asymptote to zero
Hurdle #3
FROM HONG KONG TO THE WORLDElliot Leunghttp://gaifongapp.com
LETʼS CHAT!
Photo Credits: Potaihse CC 2.0 Mercedes-Benz, Shutterstock, Mario Goebbels CC 2.0, Minoru Karamatsu CC 2.0NeighborGoods, Lee See-Ming CC 2.0, Hernán Piñera CC 2.0, The Guardian Apr 2015, Nana B. Agyei, CC 2.0