How technology enables the Shared Economy

A great short speech by the founder of ZipCar (i.e. car sharing service) who is now working on BuzzCar (i.e. do your own carsharing).  Amazing how step by step the idea evolved from our anti-share attitude inching closer to real and increasingly effective results.

Speed and scale can be achieved when you combine excess capacity (of individuals, corporations or governments) with a common platform for participation.  This can grow faster than traditionally as it is collaboratively built infrastructure.

Also, she touches on the subject that our thinking has evolved from preferring centralised models to decentralised models and now to networks.  Here is a short video explaining this concept further... by the end of it you’ll think networks are the shizzle!