More than “
uberisation”, the rise of the platform economy is profoundly changing our uses and raises many ethical and societal issues today. In his book, “Uberisation: an enemy that means well?” Denis Jacquet, a serial entrepreneur and an expert in the field of digital transformation thanks to his experience as co-founder of the French Observatoire de l’Uberisation [Observatory of Uberisation], deciphers the emergence of a “service” economy that is characterised by uberisation and automation. In this context, how can the individual and societies still be “actors” rather than “followers” so as to cope with this difficult-to-control digitalisation of society?
