Gave a talk on the future of work, thinking: the issue here is that work is broken but higher ed can't find the words for this so instead we say "everything is awesome".
The gig economy, work on demand, uberisation, everything is awesome.
And the thing is, it's really not, not if you get sick or you want to raise kids or you have a tiny hope of owning a home or you want to pay off college debt.
None of these ways of working are awesome, except for the people who profit from your work.
@katebowles exactly- none of these are actually awesome, and THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THESE TECHS that makes this a requirement.
What if the IRS was funded enough/ tax code simple enough that when uber failed to pay ppl minimum wage, they were hit with the appropriate tax evasion charges? The founders, legal team actually doing the jail time associated with it?
Many of these are obvious violations of the point of labor law- except our absurd legal system actually is decided entirely by $$$ spent.
Kate
MOVED; formerly Twryst