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Nobody said the transition would be easy, and nobody said what we have now is the gig economy... The gig economy we were promised is made up of decentralized enterprises built on protocols like ethereum, not market companies.

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The gig economy is not build upon technology ideas, it is built on disposable and expendable labor.

Meet the new economy, just like the old economy.

When its here you'll know.

>Nobody said the transition would be easy

Actually many said it -- Uber for one.

Actually I believe they said something like "You people are just placeholders until we can create a viable autonomous vehicle"

Their actions said that, yes. Their ads, no.

True. I am viewing this from my post-humanist Bay Area echo chamber.

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