I... don't really think this is a good read, for a few reasons. Let's look at (what I think is) the thesis: > Unfettered capitalism doesn’t give you time back

I... don't really think this is a good read, for a few reasons. Let's look at (what I think is) the thesis: > Unfettered capitalism doesn’t give you time back or freedom or relaxation. It drills every orifice you have until a few more pennies drop out so the Q4 numbers look good for shareholders. The article then moves on to (albeit articulately) name "gig economy" companies as the vehicle for this exploitation. But are they? Without even thinking too hard, I think can of monstrous entities which are enemies of any notion of free market and which are far more easily understood as the machina of this phenomenon: * We have 2 million people in prison in the United States. Many of them have done nothing wrong, at least in any common sense set of definitions. It's not a stretch to say that many of them, while in prison, are victims of torture and intentional emotional and mental destruction. Even those that aren't are marked with a scarlet letter essentially for life. And thus they are left unable to be anything but victims of this corpratocratic predation upon their release. * The "health care" industry, empowered (in fact sustained almost entirely) by state-enshrined gatekeeper complexes and IP holdings, restrains these same people who "need a side hustle" from becoming healthy and independent of pharma, insurance, and hospitals. * The US government debt is about to hit $20 trillion, leaving these folks holding a bag they never agreed to pick up. * People are afraid to protest, much less disrupt, the above treatment. Police brutality, endemic and senseless state surveillance, the (accurate) sense that action in the streets is typically fruitless - these and other causes have people feeling lonely at home instead of realizing how common their dreams are. I just don't think that the gig economy is any harbinger of horror, not does it exist today in an environment of "unfettered capitalism" - not that I advocate such a thing. Nevertheless, with the elements I've named (and a dozen more like them) removed, these people looking for a "side hustle" might also be able to enjoy the fruits of the labor pool of which they're a part. I'm actually quite optimistic that that insurgent companies and methodologies are a sign that we will overcome these hardships. We have an utterly impotent incoming president, faith in government nearly nonexistent, and at the same time, incredible innovation and radical thinking. This doesn't seem like a formula for continued exploitation to me.