The Gig Economy Is a Rigged Economy

> which projects a likely scenario: the end of salaries, the end of health insurance, the end of pensions.

...which would likely result in socialized benefits to fill those gaps instead (and corresponding taxation to fund it). Yes, even here in the US, it will happen.

> rigged economy ... union membership has been declining for decades,

That's not all bad. The jobs that were unionized were replaced by others that one could argue there's less need for unions to represent.

> perks like “work from anywhere!” become the bullfighter’s muleta 

IMO the perk would be that incremental effort on my part has a much more direct impact to my compensation than it would be otherwise. And if I manage to find new efficiencies, I get the entire benefit.

> quiet financial desperation ... a need to be cautious of the loud and cool becoming a smokescreen for the dismantling of knowledge worker labor conditions.

This seems like a good point to take away from the article.