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I'd love to see the ideas generated by a Y Combinator RFS for harnessing millions of unemployed/underemployed workers. Amazon Mechanical Turk is one part of th
by mbrubeck 17y ago
I'd love to see the ideas generated by a Y Combinator RFS for harnessing millions of unemployed/underemployed workers.
Amazon Mechanical Turk is one part of the picture, and it opens up the door to more. Anything that makes it cheaper to create work, hire employees/freelancers, or find jobs is valuable in this economy. Or ways for people to earn money besides the mainstream labor economy. Or something that can generate value from activities that people do with their idle time while they're unemployed - whether it's constructive like Wikipedia or entertaining like Farmville.
- SapphireSun 17y agoThat's an excellent idea. One of the things that I really would like is a way to earn money without screwing over a transitional employer by jumping ship the soon as a real job comes along. Ideally it would be open to anyone and everyone all the time commitment free. At 3 AM, I have no idea how this magical service would work. Ask me after some sleep and coffee ;-)