The library has been a long-standing institution in our society, but what if we applied its philosophy more broadly? Let's imagine what it would mean to real...
You are contradicting yourself 😅 If you think something “could have worked in the 90ties” there is no reason why it could not work today as well. Obviously it will not be possible to change everything over night, but people can and do change their attitudes and habits with the right incentives.
but people can and do change their attitudes and habits with the right incentives.
I don’t think they do, because they have no idea what it means to borrow something.
Nowadays nothing gets borrowed, no music, no movies, no video games. They all have services to buy it (even if they don’t own the bought stuff) or to stream it for “free”. There is not even a small thing people borrow nowadays, except of pencils in school. But to be honest, those who borrow something like a pencil nowadays, don’t bring it back.
When was the last time someone (not a family member or really close person) borrowed something from you?
Sorry, but this doesn’t match at all with my lived experience. I regularly lend and borrow stuff to and from friends and acquaintances and we nearly always return it in good shape. And this really isn’t that uncommon here in Europe. And libraries for books are also still a reasonably common thing, although I admit that with ebook readers being available I personally stopped using them.
People even lend and borrow expensive mechanized farming equipment here, and this is not a commercial service or so, just neighbourhood help with people at most covering fuel expenses or so.
You are contradicting yourself 😅 If you think something “could have worked in the 90ties” there is no reason why it could not work today as well. Obviously it will not be possible to change everything over night, but people can and do change their attitudes and habits with the right incentives.
I don’t think they do, because they have no idea what it means to borrow something.
Nowadays nothing gets borrowed, no music, no movies, no video games. They all have services to buy it (even if they don’t own the bought stuff) or to stream it for “free”. There is not even a small thing people borrow nowadays, except of pencils in school. But to be honest, those who borrow something like a pencil nowadays, don’t bring it back.
When was the last time someone (not a family member or really close person) borrowed something from you?
Sorry, but this doesn’t match at all with my lived experience. I regularly lend and borrow stuff to and from friends and acquaintances and we nearly always return it in good shape. And this really isn’t that uncommon here in Europe. And libraries for books are also still a reasonably common thing, although I admit that with ebook readers being available I personally stopped using them.
People even lend and borrow expensive mechanized farming equipment here, and this is not a commercial service or so, just neighbourhood help with people at most covering fuel expenses or so.
People love convinence nowadays, not what you are suggesting. If you have a method to easily and convinently get what they need, they don’t to own it.
Example - Clothing subscription services. You must send the clothes back you don’t intend to purchase. It must be in good condition.
Everything is possible if you frame it the right way