---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rasigan Maharajh <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:30 PM Subject: Fwd: "Required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice" To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: OR Books <[email protected]> Date: 13 July 2017 at 23:30 Subject: "Required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice" To: [email protected] The so-called “sharing economy” is capitalism as usual. <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=2f00ce7094&e=fa9ffa4bee> The news is full of their names, supposedly the vanguard of a rethinking of capitalism: Lyft, Airbnb, Uber, and others who claim a mandate of disruption and upending the “old order.” But, as internationally-acclaimed technologist Tom Slee <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=30048d10fa&e=fa9ffa4bee> argues, the so-called sharing economy damages development, extends harsh free-market practices into previously protected areas of our lives, and presents the opportunity for a few people to make fortunes by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk. In other words, capitalism as usual. <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=fd267adfd7&e=fa9ffa4bee> What’s Yours Is Mine <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=e0676ffcc4&e=fa9ffa4bee> Against the Sharing Economy <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=4f5bef3765&e=fa9ffa4bee> Tom Slee UPDATED AND REVISED THROUGHOUT <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=e9f7cbc521&e=fa9ffa4bee> WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=c008a289f3&e=fa9ffa4bee> “In a field crowded with tech-utopian blowhards and app-happy snake oil salesmen, Tom Slee stands apart. His laser-sharp insights about the real impact of popular start-ups on our livelihoods and communities are the perfect antidote to sharing economy hype.* What’s Yours Is Mine* is required reading for anyone interested in technology and economic justice.” —Astra Taylor, author of* The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age* FIND OUT MORE <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=5b789a9553&e=fa9ffa4bee> Pre-order now and get 15% off <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=3c39ce37c2&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=402a147174&e=fa9ffa4bee> *www.orbooks.com* <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=947f0176e3&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=0492d00aa6&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=ac270284be&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=5b772b7a2c&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=7cad05076f&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=76ec2c1fd4&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=844e3c8d65&e=fa9ffa4bee> <http://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=530ac80bd9&e=fa9ffa4bee> -- *Rasigan Maharajh, PhD.* Professor Extraordinary: *Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, *Stellenbosch University, RSA. Node Head: Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation *Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy*, RSA. Chief Director: *Institute for Economic Research on Innovation*, Tshwane University of Technology, RSA. Associate Research Fellow: *Tellus Institute*, Boston, USA; and Chairperson: Southern Africa Node of the *Millennium Project*, RSA. Postal Address: 159 Nana Sita Street, Pretoria CBD, 0002, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa Phone: +27 12 3823073 www0.sun.ac.za/scistip www.ieri.org.za www.tellus.org www.sampnode.org.za -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/