Not long ago, it would have seemed unimaginable that millions of people would invite strangers to rent their homes, hail private cars for a ride across town, or enter people's homes to do odd jobs like assemble a baby’s crib. But platform-based companies like Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit are reinventing how we get work and how work gets done. Along the way, how we relate to each other is being reinvented too. Law scholar and author Stephen R. Miller talks us through the transformation.

Stephen R. Miller is a law professor and author whose work focuses on building more livable and environmentally sustainable cities. His writings have addressed topics such as regulating the sharing economy, empowering neighborhoods, financing public art, zoning in local food, using agritourism for economic development, green building and green leasing, and the role of local officials in responding to climate change. His article on the sharing economy was recently published by the Harvard Journal on Legislation. He can be found at Land Use Prof Blog and @LandUseProf.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx