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<\/a>\nIs life-as-a-service efficient or lazy? I say yes<\/em>.<\/p>\n
<\/center>Life delivered, or rented, on-demand.
\n<\/b>What does “life as a service” mean? It means one’s lifestyle needs are obtained on-demand, or as a subscription service, rather than having to purchase or acquire them through traditional commerce models.\u00a0To best understand the collaborative economy market, I’m trying to live it within my own personal life as well as my business life.\u00a0This means that I can rent or borrow goods rather than own them.\u00a0It also means the things that I want can be delivered to me without me having to visit traditional retail stores.<\/p>\n
I keep a “purchase log”\u00a0to be mindful of\u00a0consumption of goods
\n<\/b>I’ve reduced my consumption of durable goods. In fact, I keep a “purchase log” of all the durable goods I’ve bought since June 2013. It’s fewer than 54 discrete transitions, and some of those transactions included multiple items. It includes a few clothes, batteries, electronics and gifts for others.\u00a0It does not include travel, food or personal health products.\u00a0What’s key is that I’m conscious about my consumption and trying to use what I have, before obtaining in other ways.\u00a0I have enough stuff. Really.<\/p>\n
Not for every region yet
\n<\/b>A few caveats. A great deal of these services are located in Silicon Valley, where most of these startups have originated. Just as people said in 2006, “social media is just for early adopters in Silicon Valley,” we soon learned it spread internationally wherever the internet is present.\u00a0Some of these services are currently limited to areas with access to advanced technology. As I write this, I’m in rural Southeast Asia, where you won’t spot any Lyft mustaches.\u00a0With that said, these new opportunities will open up, first in tech laden cultures with high population density, then spread just as social media has over the last decade.<\/p>\n
Here’s some of the “Life as a Service” services that I already use:<\/b><\/p>\n Closing thoughts: some drawbacks, but an overall net gain. In a future post, I’ll do a rundown how we’ve tapped the crowd for our company,\u00a0Crowd Companies<\/a>, (naturally).<\/p>\n Edit: A discussion on my Facebook feed is brewing from this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Creative Commons usage of image, “Fast Man<\/a>” by Nikos Koutoulas)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is life-as-a-service efficient or lazy? I say yes. Life delivered, or rented, on-demand. What does “life as a service” mean? It means one’s lifestyle needs are obtained on-demand, or as a subscription service, rather than having to purchase or acquire them through traditional commerce models. To … Continue readingHow I’m experimenting with Life-as-a-Service<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collaborative-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/b>You can live the good life in the Collaborative Economy. Life as a Service is possible. I’d guess that there’s a typical upcharge of about 10-15% on goods as they become services. But, if the time saved can be reclaimed to be more productive, or to enjoy quality time with the family, it should be regarded as a net gain in a busy lifestyle.\u00a0With that said, there are always drawbacks. One can become over-dependent on the network and ecosystem. Interdependency can increase and formerly self-sufficient individuals can tend to get focused on the few skills they are really good at. I hope that these experiences help me to better conduct research on this market, as well as help our Crowd Companies council members.<\/p>\n