[michaelfeathers]

> It occurs to me that x-sharing startups in the mold of Airbnb/Uber may be most likely to overcome their regulatory challenges not through litigation or lobbying, but simply due to more of them popping up and the increased likelihood that the average person knows someone who has benefitted

I think there's something sublime about that. It seems the technology drives culture in many ways and it happens when an innovation goes viral and benefits people faster than the law can react.

Some technologies don't get the chance to do that. People see harms before they can feel the benefits and start to turn public opinion and law against the innovation. Segway's and Google Glass are in that category, I think.