The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy

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Published 2018-02-13
The global economy is in crisis. The exponential exhaustion of natural resources, declining productivity, slow growth, rising unemployment, and steep inequality, forces us to rethink our economic models. Where do we go from here? In this feature-length documentary, social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin lays out a road map to usher in a new economic system.

A Third Industrial Revolution is unfolding with the convergence of three pivotal technologies: an ultra-fast 5G communication internet, a renewable energy internet, and a driverless mobility internet, all connected to the Internet of Things embedded across society and the environment.

This 21st century smart digital infrastructure is giving rise to a radical new sharing economy that is transforming the way we manage, power and move economic life. But with climate change now ravaging the planet, it needs to happen fast. Change of this magnitude requires political will and a profound ideological shift.

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All Comments (21)
  • @wendycooper2525
    I am 81 and find this so exciting I will have to play it 50 times to try and remember some of it. Go future generations.
  • @Kaidder
    I’ve been watching this video for 2 years, anyone watching this on 2020? It’s amazing, I’m speechless.
  • @crashbuilds
    I think we're very lucky to have people who think this way in our time, to help steer the course. It's a beautiful and terrifying time to be alive. We need to make it count.
  • Im crying. Im crying hard. My mom taught me this had to happen and she died drained and almost hopeless. They are finally truly changing and finally seeing everything at the same time. It's all connected. We are all connected.
  • @jamesclark7762
    The 2008 financial crises was not caused by high oil prices.It was caused by loose lending by the banks,mortgage derivatives.
  • @sambrunt6096
    For me, this is the first clear explanation of how decentralized cooperatives with large scale economic power can turnabout the revolution needed for the betterment of all life on this planet. Thank you!
  • @clover6480
    This is a visionary speech. But he exegerates and oversimplifies some aspects, it remains to be seen. Lets go!
  • People have left tons of great, articulate reviews. All I'll say is thank you Vice for getting this content to me. It took 4yrs, but you were the first. And videos like this make me wish YouTube had a ❤ button. Lastly, for this particular video, I wish a petition was in the description
  • @atomicatdog
    Ive been waiting for my algorithm to show me this video again
  • @nkvk2810
    I watched this without a single advert popping up. Good example. Jeremy is a gem!
  • @rextrugo7046
    Wow, this is the way to move forward in the world. The social principles are well respected and advocated here. Let's go and build a better world where empathy, compassion, and human lives and all life forms thrive.
  • @bertanelson8062
    Nice mission for young people and yes, it's an uphill difficult climb. So many of these ideas we had, sharing, creating co-ops, organic gardening, reducing or eliminating meat from diet, off grid electricity from small independent sources such as our rooftops, creating community such that we share ideas, information and labor, worker-owned businesses, hand-made products from natural sources, natural self-care using medicinal plants and energy healing. Yes, we were doing this, some of us, who were part of the largest generation --the "baby boomers." But ultimately there were too few of us & we were swamped by the conventions of the day. Some of us kept on and I am one of those, in my 70's now, living on solar power, collected rainwater, eating a raw plant-based diet, in a small collaborative community. I send you my love and greatest support & well wishes. You are my grandchildren! Take this on!
  • @amrutatre1809
    When I saw the video length at first, I wasn't sure I would watch it completely. The video was very gripping and informative. So much information. It's hard to imagine how much time and work it's going to take to achieve what he's explained here.
  • Every time I come back and watch this I see more and more that I didn’t the time before and All I can do is hope that we as a species can all come together instead of be so heavily divided against ourselves
  • @djosearth3618
    Love this speaker is it social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin. "don't sell out" is his best quote of hundreds
  • The amount of anxiety I have watching this documentary is unreal and I’m generally such a chilled dude, there’s not much to say, it’s all just so sad 💔
  • @thereGoMapo
    Youtube, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Apple, AirBnB, Uber, Lyft, Kickstarter, Go Fund Me. They all get a piece of your pie. To really get to zero marginal cost, you have to move your content to alternatives not be locked in.
  • @user-zn1gx9nb3x
    Jeremy Rifkin just made an incredible first impression on me and is truly inspiring. This is a voice that needs to be heard and this is leadership.
  • @HumaneApproach
    Big up Vice who dare to share/focus on this. "This" something very much needed, a rare ted talk done in a "Vice way".. So good, so important. Humans honestly is not very advanced and for us to do, we need to talk.