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+1 “@paulg: Will ownership turn out to be largely a hack people resorted to before they had the infrastructure to manage sharing properly?”

@paulg sharing is really hard to do well. Would love to see retailers offer sharing programs to buyers along with "extended warranties."

@paulg no. I want to own my flat, my laptop, my clothes and my teddy bears :) there are a few things where sharing makes sense but not most.

@paulg It all comes down to transaction costs.

@paulg Definitely, ownership sucks. It prohibits me from having variety and it's inefficient--my $$$ can be spent more wisely sharing.

@paulg spoken like a man who doesn't know the definitions of "scarcity", "rivalrous", or "excludable"

@paulg interesting, but i’ll sooner nanoprint my underpants than share them

@paulg I think the real answer is more of a hybrid. Share lawn mowers, but each has their own "space"

@paulg infrastructure and resources (energy). scarcity is still a factor.