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How Technology Is Increasing the Number of Jobs We Have (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: An article at The Guardian takes a look at the way in which we hold jobs as technology as changes. Its central thesis is this: "My father had one job in his life, I've had six in mine, my kids will have six at the same time." This may compress the generational changes a bit, but it's an interesting point; the average time people spend at one job has been trending downward for a long time. As technology enables the so-called "gig economy" (or "sharing economy," if you prefer), we're seeing many more people start to hold multiple jobs, working whichever one happens to give them something to do at a given time. Economist Jeremy Rifkin says, "This sharing economy is reestablishing the commons in a hi-tech landscape. Commons came about when people formed communities by taking the meager resources they had and sharing then to create more value. The method of regulation of these systems is also comparable. If people are trusted and vouched for they are accepted as part of the sharing economy group. If they behave badly they are excluded. Your social capital means everything in this new economy."
In the US? Probably never. You'll be demonized as a "socialist". And there are very few things in the US that are more hated and distrusted than socialists.
Last June, I was in Sweden and Finland. I looked for gulags and couldn't find any. Maybe they hide them under all the hospitals and universities that are free for everyone.
In the good old USA, on the other hand...
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You are welcome on my lawn.
GP didn't say he was a socialist, he said he was afraid of being demonized as a "socialist". Believing capitalism should be regulated doesn't make you a socialist any more than believing too much red meat is unhealthy makes you a vegetarian.
Support Right To Repair Legislation.
"If not, I'm thinking all this "free" stuff is still paid for by the taxpayers in the form of taxes."
Why yes, yes it is. That would be the entire point. Paying for these things with taxes does a better and more fair job of providing basic services to the people of a nation.
In one takes 30% of the work output of the other (whether directly or via interest subsequently charged by loaning back what is essentially someone elses work product back to them), one should pay 30% of the other's basic expenses. Particularly expenses required to produce that wealth (health, education, food, housing, and transportation).
Which land is it that's completely inhabited by whites only? It's not the one that Stockholm's in.
Fun facts about Sweden: Nationally, about 10% of the population are immigrants or at least one of their parents was. In the greater Stockholm metro, it's more like 25%. Here in my suburb, it's about 60%. And to the best of my knowledge, Sweden's never had anything like the White Australia programme.
Sweden is not perfect, and racism does exist here, but they generally don't let people starve or freeze or die from lack of medical attention, either, regardless of colour or national origin.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
How about you keep your work output and pay your expenses, I keep my work output and pay my expenses? That way we don't have to shuffle people's money around and worry about fairness.
Because then you have a fragmented, private insurance system attempting to dump risks and costs on externalities, which shuffles peoples money around. And when that happens you have to pay double for your health care. I am sure you love being overcharged 100%, because FREEDOM!
Also, clearly the decline in lifespan for lower end of the Middle Class (not the poor), a unique event for any advanced country, due to high medical costs is just hunky-dory with you. Watching your less well off fellow Americans (remember that old idea, civic-mindedness?) die young is terrific because FREEDOM!
Starships were meant to fly, Hands up and touch the sky - Nicky Minaj
I have done some freelancing, and there is also the non-billable work that happens, for example, when your invoice is rejected, or your contract is found to have errors, etc. That may not be your fault at all, and can be an incredible time sink, while you are not getting paid trying to fix someone else's mistake.