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This is perhaps an application for blockchain technology, keeping track of "ride credits" that drivers earn and can only spend on rides from other drivers. It's

This is perhaps an application for blockchain technology, keeping track of "ride credits" that drivers earn and can only spend on rides from other drivers. It's not a Taxi model, it'd be a sharing model. I'm surprised Uber is not running a tier like this, because they could advertise completely free rides (just give a few rides first) and charge a small admin fee

sewercake 11y ago
Under this 'definition' of sharing, the only requirement seems to be for the goods transferred to be in a 'closed' system. If someone were ever to create a service that traded 'ride credits' with 'food credits', would it no longer be a sharing model? Couldn't we frame the entire world economy, based off of currency as a 'sharing model'? While I do think sharing models require some kind of 'inclusiveness' to make them viable, I think we must take into account the distribution of goods/resources, and the power relationships that evolve from providing these services. The only way (or at least the only way I can think of off the top of my head) to keep these in check is to allow everyone participating in the system to have a say in how the system operates. Something akin to a co-operative rather than a shareholder driven corporation.