The money fix video

Starting to watch this; which comes recommended by people whose insight into economics and social change I rate highly. When will we get to the point whereby buying something that more than one person could use (without sharing the purchase cost or having checked out the ways you could get it for free) will be seen as a sign of being porly connected to others; something requiring remedial action by concerned individuals? Probably when the big economic collapse comes. (Come it will; I don't wish it on us; I just have a sense of how unsustainable current economic strategy is). And when will the big economic collapse be? Who knows? Someone else I know and respect predicts that in 2011 renting and hiring household items is going to make a whole lot more economic sense to people than it appears to now. Start freelending now, to build your freelender credit rating and establish connections strong enough to withstand the money you have losing its value. By lending out your stuff you are (through trust stats etc) creating a new measure of trust. Why have trust tied up in bank notes? Is it because we've not dared to imagine have the kinds of connections that diminish all our 'needs for money' whilst increasing our quality of life? Food is a need, warmth is a need, and more needs are listed here. Money is not a need; it's just a strategy for meeting our real needs whilst often creating distance.