This book presents a foresight-based exploratory analysis on the coming post-capitalist society
and the transforming role of technology creativity and social innovation in the new economy.
Topics analyzed include innovation culture the role of politics legal protection the
digitalization of social life as well as vulnerabilities and opportunities of the Sharing &
Collaborative Economy (ShE). ShE is here essentially understood just as a proof of the current
Zeitgeist a sign of its time. A time where the formal social structures and institutions
which traditionally have shaped and framed human societies are - slowly but progressively-
getting dissolved into a new emerging social system complex and mutant by nature. The book
subsequently presents three plausible scenarios for ShE as the outcome of this analysis in the
horizon of 2030: 1) the probable future balancing neoliberalism: the shared collaborative
economy as a new third way 2) the contingent rupturist future hypercapitalism: neoliberalism
on steroids or the collaborative paradigm as a trojan horse and 3) the preferable future
postcapitalism or the sharing economy as the poster child of the 4th industrial revolution. It
connects these three scenarios with a change of paradigm where horizontal management cultural
diversity social responsibility climate change management and the transformative power of
radical creativity and participation are finally getting a leading role in the design of brand
new ways of approaching a more integrative and sustainable business and economy.
