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Uber, Airbnb, etc. Really interesting story written buy a guy who, as he puts it, "became a corporation" through these new business models. History leading up to the successful realization provided, as well as speculation about implications for future class distinctions. But mostly a first-hand relating of experiences. This is all new-ish to me, and I don't know that I'll ever participate in any of this. I'm too old to take to it naturally. But if this had been happening in 1975 instead of 215, I would probably be all in (and my parents would have most likely have the same instinctual wariness that I have now). All that aside though, is anybody here actively involved in this type of activity, either as a provide or a consumer, casually or fully? Wondering how it's working, how it's feeling, etc. Seem like a really interesting socio-economic development from which there may not be any walking back short of forced institutional blockage. Potential here to veer the discussion into the "political" is high, so the extent that it might, please keep it between the lines.