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Sam means well, but he does live 200% inside the internet hype machine bubble vortex: The whole magic of the sharing economy is better asset utilization and th
by seiji 11y ago
Sam means well, but he does live 200% inside the internet hype machine bubble vortex:
The whole magic of the sharing economy is better asset utilization and thus lower prices for everyone. Home sharing makes better utilization out of a fixed asset, and by more optimally filling space it means the same number of people can use less supply.
"better utilization out of a fixed asset" is how we talk about factory machinery, not so much living space.
Housing has physical implications and psychological cost. If we wanted optimal space filling, we'd put 10,000 bunk beds in a warehouse and tell people to deal with it. The proles can have their bunk bed warehouse while the billionaires can have estates in San Francisco. et voilà, optimal filling of space allocated by level of monetary expenduture.
- megaman22 11y ago> Housing has physical implications and psychological cost. If we wanted optimal space filling, we'd put 10,000 bunk beds in a warehouse and tell people to deal with it. The proles can have their bunk bed warehouse while the billionaires can have estates in San Francisco. et voilà, optimal filling of space allocated by level of monetary expenduture. You know, if there were such arrangements, I'm sure that there would be people who would jump on them. I'm a little surprised Google hasn't built company dormitories, since they've got people living in vans in the parking lot rather than paying $3000 a month for a studio apartment.
- gohrt 11y agoMountain View Citcy Council has consistently blocked Google's attempts to expand housing.