“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
“While the Sharing Economy is often presented as a diverse set of commercial and non-commercial initiatives around the world (from tool-exchange co ops to pet-sitting and so on), this presentation is a bit misleading. The Sharing Economy is almost entirely a small number of technology firms backed by large amounts of venture capital.” EconomyGig Economy Book:What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy Source: What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy