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The point of technology and capitalism is to make mankind more efficient and do the same things with less resources. The gig economy reflects that companies are
by zaptheimpaler 8y ago
The point of technology and capitalism is to make mankind more efficient and do the same things with less resources. The gig economy reflects that companies are automating more and need less labor.
This should be a bood thing, except we're stuck in a system that needs everyone to have a job. I don't know exactly what a new system would look like, but i think it will have to start with a little more socialism and distributing the vast resources a tiny few people have more equitably.
- adamredwoods 8y agoEvolution of employment: from full-time to contractors to gigs (freelance) to mechanical turk.
- petra 8y agoWorkers aren't significantly more efficient in this new gig economy. This doesn't justify low pay, gigs and economic instability.