Will Technology Overload Kill Uberization?

The ride-hailing app Uber was built on a simple principal: Take an asset or service not being used and monetize it by providing it to someone in need.

A big reason this concept is possible is because of the technology and complex algorithms that enable people to communicate their demands and services instantaneously to one another.

Uber has changed the global economy as we know it and has inspired a new wave of digital entrepreneurs looking to uberize everything from houses to helicopters to dog-walkers.

While the trend shows no sign of slowing, can it really last?

In a few years, will I be using an Uber-like platform to borrow household kitchen pans from my neighbors? Or maybe a huge flat screen TV for the super bowl party?

Hard to say, but I think the overload of technology and apps on our phones will start to have a numbing effect on the number of uberized services and assets that people use.

Nobody wants to have to scroll through five pages of apps on their phone or to remember any more passwords and login information than we already have.

That’s not to say the demand for uberization is necessarily slowing.

Over the last year or so, I have written in some capacity about more than 90…