“This is the problem with the gig economy, I think as I squirm around in the trunk. Everyone is so vulnerable and the rules for what constitutes civilized behavior--well, they're coming apart so quickly I've decided those rules were illusions all along. We have stopped seeing each other as people, as fellow travelers on this dying earth; we just see a gig or an economy.... The system is designed to keep us so depleted that we forget our sense of decency and become so mercenary about our own survival that we have nothing left to contribute to the common good.” WorkEmpathyVulnerabilityIsolationDecencyCommon GoodDepletionFreelancersContractorsGig Economy Book:I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories Source: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
“Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not yet seen.It is the same with dreams.” DreamsBuildingFood For ThoughtIsraelmore AyivorPreparationDream BigCastlesPlanBig DreamsBuildFortsConstructContractTableMake A PlanPlan Your LifeBuildersContractorsBuilding PlanConstructors Book:Shaping the dream Source: Shaping the dream
“How do they know what to do?" Mary Frances said. "To just rip into a building like that and expect it to stay standing." "For the parts you want to stay standing," Tim said. "Exactly." "Practice," Al said. "And of course, one of them is in charge." Mary Frances studied the tangle of men, all dressed alike, movingly easily together. "I can't tell them apart." "Well, it's like war, I guess," Al said. "If you knew whom to blame, it'd be too easy to shoot him.” WarMasons20151936Contractors Book:The Arrangement Source: The Arrangement