An insightful look at the sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit, amongst others) and why trust has become an undeniable force in today’s market.
| # | Title | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Excuse me, may I rent your car?
12:25
|
A decade ago, Robin Chase founded Zipcar in the US, now the largest car-sharing company in the world. Now she's exploring the next level of car-sharing: Buzzcar, a French startup that lets people rent their own cars to others. The details are fascinating (how does insurance work, exactly?), and the larger vision (she calls it Peers, Inc.) points to a new definition of
|
Watch | ||
| 2 |
The future of business is the "mesh"
14:47
|
At TED@MotorCity, Lisa Gansky, author of "The Mesh," talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and tech-enabled rental or, more boldly, peer-to-peer. Examples across industries -- from music to cars -- show how close we are to this meshy future.
|
Watch | ||
| 3 |
Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars
19:19
|
Uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalanick wondered if there was a way to get people using Uber along the same routes to share rides, reducing costs and carbon footprint along the way. The result: uberPOOL, the company's carpooling service, which in its first eight months took 7.9
|
Watch | ||
| 4 |
We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers
17:12
|
Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the blockchain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and
|
Watch |