Jeremy Rifkin,founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends,has predicted that collaborative economy may replace capitalism in the second half of this century as the dominant economic form of human society.It will be a time of increased productivity,a highly developed“Internet of Things,”and near-zero marginal cost,wherein the Earth’s billions of inhabitants will be both producers and consumers that share energy,information,and products via the Internet. Jeremy Rifkin, founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, has predicted that collaborative economy may replace capitalism in the second half of this century as the dominant economic form of human society. It will be a time of increased productivity, a highly developed “Internet of Things, ” and near-zero marginal cost, where the Earth’s billions of inhabitants will be both producers and consumers that share energy, information, and products via the Internet.