Collaborative Consumption

We have collaborative artistic works and we have consumerism. Now the thinking is turning to collaborative consumption. It sounds fine but there are a lot of deeply ingrained consumer patterns that also need to be addressed.

I don't think there is a sharing groundswell out there in my generation.

Guardian UK: The end of consumerism?

...her book is a cry for us to consume "smarter" by moving away from the outdated concept of outright ownership – and the lust to own – towards one where we share, barter, rent and swap assets that include not just consumables, but also our "time and space".