The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet Of Things, The Collaborative Commons, And The Eclipse Of Capitalism - Plot & Excerpts
In many regions of the world, more people own automobiles than own homes. It’s often people’s most valuable piece of private property. Automobile ownership has long been considered a rite of passage into the world of property relationships. The very term auto mobile conveys the classical economic idea that human nature is driven by the quest for autonomy and mobility, with every person desiring to be sovereign over his or her own domain. Americans have long associated the idea of freedom with autonomy and mobility. Nowhere is one’s sense of autonomy more keenly felt than when behind the wheel in an enclosed vehicle capable of amplifying one’s physical prowess by a magnitude of raw horsepower. To be autonomous is to be the master of one’s fate, to be self-sufficient, and not to be dependent on or beholden to others—in other words, to be free. The automobile represents the ultimate enclosure. The privately owned car reflects the desire to be an island to oneself, to be self-contained, and unencumbered.
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