In this video Jeremy Rifkin discusses how the internet is bypassing the capitalist market and facilitating the emergence of the Collaborative Commons. Although traditional market employment is going down due to technological change, Rifkin is optimistic that new opportunities are opening in the “internet of things” economy. We remain skeptical of why the “internet of things” won’t end up replacing human workers with algorithms and automation, but do see real progress in the development of the Collaborative Commons.

 

Photo of Jeremy Rifkin courtesy of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung via flickr