The Sharing Economy, Our Cities...and What's Next
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Argues that the real sharing boom is talent not things, citing oDesk/Elance where average jobs fill within three days and 25% fill in 24 hours and a retired ad creative in North Carolina worked a few hours a week to rebrand a company. Gives numbers: millennials 9/10 expect under three years per job and predicts 40% independent by 2020. Describes concrete tools and signals—GitHub, Quora, ratings and skills tests, Skype/Google Hangouts—and city impacts: more co‑working, broadband needs, fewer commutes and high‑rises.
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