It used to sound absurd to sleep in a stranger’s apartment, but now, it has become the most authentic way to experience a city.
It previously felt strange and unsafe to hitch a ride from an unknown driver, but now, it may be the fastest way to get to your destination.
Unused or unwanted goods are usually thrown or donated, but now, anyone can be a seller, gaining some value back from those goods.
Airbnb, Uber, ZipCar, Taskrabbit and locally Carousell have led a new and promising model of consumerism. Traditionally, consumers purchase their goods and services from businesses through monetary exchange. In recent years, consumers found better deals by transacting peer-to-peer instead. It is what the Sharing Economy is about. ‘Things’ are now often shared, subjecting themselves to ‘usership’ rather than exclusive ‘ownership’, so that they can be utilized with greater productivity, minimizing the amount of stuff sitting idle.
Hence,
what’s mine is now yours/ours. *
