Douglas Atkin, Head of Community & E-staff Member, Airbnb
Photo by: “Luca Sartoni – http://www.heisenbergmedia.com/”
Wants to talk about a movement for the sharing economy. To grow the community. Grow the collective power. To stand up against the entrenched interests that stands in their way. Why? There is an opportunity. There is enthusiasm. The players are looking at collaboration. How can the players share customers? Is there ways to encourage people to cross-verticals (and take trust?).
And there are the challenges. The industries won’t stand idly by. The laws work against it. Should citizens band together to push for the sharing economy. A new kind of union for a new kind of economy. Looking for your support for this. Help your users, fund the movement, show your support.
We send on the brink of a new time that delivers social as well as economic benefits. Most people are not experiencing economic independence that mass production and consumerism promises. Production and control is centralised. The sharing economy is distributed. You can’t do sharing without community, without creating individual experiences. Life is built in. (in regards to work/life balance). The other rewards are important -not just the cash
The movement is independent, global. social. It uses peerpower and collective action to grow the sharing ecomony and overcome the challenges. It has the possibility of making the world better.
