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Sacca's response is interesting because it highlights something very cool about the gig economy: the commoditization of trust. People are actually far more ben
by cercatrova 6y ago
Sacca's response is interesting because it highlights something very cool about the gig economy: the commoditization of trust.
People are actually far more benevolent than people think. The number of actual murderers and other miscreants is such a small number as to be negligible for the purposes of renting out your home, your car, getting food delivered to you, etc.
- dannyw 6y agoPart of this is because these companies associate individuals with their real world identities or credit card numbers. Uber does criminal and driving background checks.
- i_am_new_here 6y agoYou could also argue that this was solved "along the way" and also not really clear back then. I am an AirBnB host myself and were also wondering about this recently and there are several factors today which contribute positively: Provided as a (technical) solution by AirBnB (Recommendations, IDs, etc.) but also how the internet/web evolved as a hole - A place that somehow manages that strangers meaningfully/safely interact with each other. This was never clear and also an uncertainty for Wikipedia (earlier) and now for AirBnB in a different and new way: Inviting strangers to your house.
- ajmadesc 6y agoMy first interpretation was that the hotel chains would have them murdered mafia style!
- ackbar03 6y agoWell thats one way of interpreting his comment Lol