Those following the NEM lifestyle might be interested in this book by Jeremy Rifkin.
The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism.
"Mr. Rifkin believes that the Collaborative Commons is a critical part of a bigger story unfolding around the world that
is going to fundamentally alter our global economy in the first half of the 21st century. He argues that a new economic
system-the Collaborative Commons-is entering on to the world stage. It is the first new economic paradigm to take root
since the advent of capitalism in the early nineteenth century. The meteoric rise of this new economic paradigm is coming
at a time when capitalism is under great scrutiny, with lower growth, rising unemployment and greater inequality.
In his book, Mr. Rifkin describes a transformative new technology revolution-the Internet of Things-that enables billions of
people to not only produce and share their music, videos, news, knowledge, and other virtual goods, but now also green
electricity, 3D printed products, and other physical goods at near zero marginal cost, and for nearly free, on a vast global
Collaborative Commons, bypassing the conventional marketplace. A younger generation is also beginning to share cars,
dwellings, clothes, and countless other items and services at low or near zero marginal cost on the burgeoning Collaborative
Commons, wreaking havoc on traditional industries and in the process, changing the very way we organize economic life."
"In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of
Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative
Commons and the eclipse of capitalism."
http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Marginal-Cost-Society-Collaborative/dp/1137278463/s=books&ie=UTF8&keywords=Zero-Marginal-Cost-Society-CollaborativeFor the promotion of NEM, he is a good nominee to receive a NEM stake.
I agree that it is an interesting idea with lots of promise. However, the daily reality of people living in much of the world is subsistence agriculture and barely able to survive. These people couldn't care about free music or 3D printed Eiffel Towers. At the end of the day, agriculture is still the base of the pyramid upon which the world is built, and it will soon collapse because the world is running out of conventional NPK fertilizer.
