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There are 23 megacities (or city states) in the world now. By 2025, it’s predicted that there will be 37.
Tokyo alone is forecasted to have over 37.2 million residents by 2025, more than live in Canada. According to the United Nations, over half the world now lives in cities – but by 2050, over 70% of the world will be urban dwellers.
In the second installment of our “8 Trends That Will Shape Humanity” series, we look at the rise of the “city state” and how the coming consolidation of humanity into cities will change life for residents of these massive urban hubs.
What is life like in the city state of the future?
One aspect of city state living is that homes will get smaller. With space at a premium, apartments and houses will shrink and become flexible, multi-purpose dwellings. Graham Hill’s Life Edited apartment is a present day model of this concept. This downsizing of personal space means that people will have to carefully consider what physical objects they keep in their homes. This is where the sharing economy comes in.
Share Everything
What is the sharing economy? It’s a growing movement that enables the sharing of personal resources amongst members. Recently estimated to be worth $3.5 billion by Forbes magazine, the sharing economy was heralded by innovators like Zipcar (a car sharing service) and Airbnb (a house and apartment sharing service). While there are numerous free sharing services, generally the sharing transaction is monetized and handled by a third party company. These sharing services have allowed members to make money by renting out things and space that would have otherwise sat unused. And people are truly sharing almost everything.
The sharing economy now includes:
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- Sharing Economy International Re-launching BuddiGo Platform to Provide Local Food and Grocery Delivery Serviceson April 28, 2021 at 4:30 am
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- WSGF Publishes Update on Sharing Economy Fintech P2P Alt Real Estate Finance Appon April 23, 2021 at 7:27 am
(OTC Pink: WSGF) ("WSGF") today published an update on the company's Vaycaychella P2P Alternative Real Estate Investment Application expected to be released in May and potentially as early as the end ...
- Sharing Economy International Invests to develop NFT Technology into ECrent to Open Up Digital Items Sharingon April 23, 2021 at 4:30 am
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- The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalismon April 23, 2021 at 2:59 am
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- Boulder City native finds success in app that brings storage space into the sharing economyon April 23, 2021 at 2:11 am
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- What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economyon April 21, 2021 at 7:29 pm
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- The challenge of creating a sharing economy from Bangkok’s wealth of canalson April 21, 2021 at 4:00 am
Individual Thais have joined the government in donating cash, food and other necessities to people suffering the fallout of Covid-19. Sharing is proving to be our most powerful weapon in fighting a ...
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- Walmart explored offering cloud-based gaming serviceon May 4, 2021 at 6:00 pm
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- Uber rival Bolt launches car-sharing service in Europeon May 4, 2021 at 6:45 am
Bolt has launched a car-sharing service in Europe as it looks to diversify its revenue streams and compete with Uber.
- Bike-Sharing Service Marketon May 4, 2021 at 6:45 am
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- Tesla Car Share Program Expands Services to Flagstaff/Phoenix for Personal, Business Travelon May 4, 2021 at 5:54 am
Arizonans are often faced with a hurdle when traveling between Phoenix and Flagstaff because it's too close to fly, but too far to use a traditional ride share company like Uber. A new service unlike ...
- Uber Rival Bolt Adds Car-Sharing Service as Next Expansion Pathon May 4, 2021 at 1:00 am
Bolt Technology OU, which competes with Uber Technologies Inc. in Europe and Africa, will roll out a new car-sharing project in the Estonian capital, according to founder and Chief Executive Officer ...
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- Riders Share Debuts Motorcycle P2P Subscription Serviceon May 3, 2021 at 7:44 pm
Riders Share, a motorcycle sharing marketplace, has given bikers the option to pay a monthly subscription for discounted rides across the marketplace.
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Market is forecast to reach USD 15.47 Billion by 2026, according to a new report by Reports and Data. New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/03/2021 -- Increasing demand for robotic process automation (RPA) ...
- Markt to Provide Shared Services to realMLS Across Noncontiguous Marketson May 3, 2021 at 11:12 am
(realMLS) has entered into an agreement with Markt® for shared services to enhance their MLS offerings. realMLS joins Metro Multiple Listing Service Inc. (Metro MLS®) and Arizona Regional Multiple ...
- Riders Share Launches Rider Pass, Industry-First Subscription Service for Peer-to-Peer Motorcycle Rentalson May 3, 2021 at 8:18 am
The largest motorcycle sharing marketplace, Riders Share, announced today that bikers can now pay a monthly subscription for discounted rides across the motorcycle rental marketplace. The Rider Pass ...
