I see so many aspects of the economy changing rapidly due to technology. Between 3d printing, the maker movement, kickstarter, youtube video, bitcoin, and an ever increasing list.
These new business models are tearing away and the centralized business model and distributing it.
Today I ran across a coffee machine that promises to roast, grind, and make your coffee in one machine.
The idea being that once you have such a machine, coffee farmers can sell direct, revolutionizing the coffee farmer, and hopefully putting more in the end worker pocket.
This continues to be a theme, 'lose the middle guy'. Its happening to media, and now its going down the chain.
Once all these changes settle, will be interesting to see the new landscape.
I am applying a new label to this post, economy3.0. Version 1.0 was pre industrial, 2.0 industrial, now we are moving into a more direct, social economy.
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