Part of it is about the empathetic circle of concern, and part of it is about reputation. Figuring out ways to both widen the circle of concern and build stronger reputation metrics should help quite a bit. You're not very likely to destroy the chainsaw you are borrowing from your next-door neighbor or your best friend, for example.

One could also argue that sole ownership leads to abuse simply because it is "allowed". For example, if you "own" a field, you can salt that field and leave it barren for many years.

That link makes 4 good points.

I'll add another observation - library books. They are "shared stuff" by any definition. Libraries will rebind books to make them more durable and sharable. This suggests that a 5th point is to design shared things for higher amounts of abuse.

However, it's much easier to rebind a book than a car.

Don't forget to include a few common and important properties of the library model that I think are very pertinent to this discussion:

1. If you damage the book that you are "borrowing" or "sharing" then you are to pay a fixing/repair fee.

2. Natural degradation/wear & tear of books is covered by a general library fee/subscription.