Monday, April 4, 2011

Blog 11: Commercial and Sharing

In chapter 7 Lessig stated that a “commercial economies build value with money at their core” and that “sharing economies build value, ignoring money” (page 179). These two economies, although different in their values both benefit us. But what if there was a combination of the two. 
What Lessig argues is that with a mixture of the two economies a hybrid economy could be created and be even more beneficial to us and allow us to grow and change. “The hybrid economy is either a commercial entity that aims to leverage value from a sharing economy, or it is a sharing economy that builds a commercial entity to better support its sharing aims”. 

1 comment:

  1. You say a hybrid would be beneficial to us, but how? and why? And how does this fit into Lessig's main argument (why does he even bother talking about sharing and commercial?)

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