Abstract
During thousands of years, ownership was an essential aspiration for
humankind, but there are signs that this is changing. This research is
studying the disruptive tech-driven businesses which change our attitude
toward the ownership. The Horizon Scanning is to identify the weak
signals which indicate the disruption in how and what people possess.
Analysis of collected articles alluded to the growth of
subscription/sharing economy, virtual economy, and tokenization, being
recognized as the weak signals which shape the future of ownership.
According to these signals, Futures Wheel sessions were conducted to
explore the consequences of signals in real life. The final scenario
developed in the form of a short story, and it coalesces the hypergrowth
of the mentioned signals.