What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

from timtom

This is a cleverly written book about what the authors call collaborative consumption, or how the Web 2.0 has finally removed the last hurdles that prevented the humanity from sharing goods and services. The authors dissect the rise of the phenomenon, explain how it came to replace the old "buy m...

from akmargie

A well reasoned and researched defense of the new collaborative economy. Also a well-laid argument against traditional consumption economy models.

from aaronperrin

Interesting book, but probably only worth skimming. The first few chapters had some interesting data about the affects of blind consumption and explaining how we got here. I really liked those chapters. Then it evolved into an overly excited commentary about how the millennial will change the wor...

from Steve55

This is an extremely important book that I urge you to read. It's clear to most of us that the way we live in the West is unsustainable. The amount we consume in order to satisfy our urge to own, is outstripping the Earth's resources at an alarming rate. The extent of this excess is detailed in t...

from Steve55

This is an extremely important book that I urge you to read. It's clear to most of us that the way we live in the West is unsustainable. The amount we consume in order to satisfy our urge to own, is outstripping the Earth's resources at an alarming rate. The extent of this excess is detailed in t...