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matthewrobertsoyesterday at 8:39 PM1 replyview on HN

The World Economic Forum is famous for saying people will own nothing by 2030 and be happy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_ha...


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Nursietoday at 3:05 AM

The essay was a thought experiment based around the popularity of the so-called "sharing economy" at the time, not a WEF strategy document and certainly no government's policy.

Even the author of the piece said it was not a description of her vision of the future, but intended to start a discussion about technology.

But it's been picked up by wackaloons around the world as part of some overarching conspiracy theory.

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