The NY Times had a much more nuanced story recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/technology/in-the-sharing-economy-workers-find-both-freedom-and-uncertain

The NY Times had a much more nuanced story recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/technology/in-the-sharing-economy-workers-find-both-freedom-and-uncertainty.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/technology/in-the-sharing-... HN discussion of it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8189034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8189034