This is a bit of a bizarre argument (in the article), despite that I agree with the conclusion. Like she is talking about all of the ‘human connection’ she has gotten through taxi/uber drivers, and all of the examples that she gives are of people who had to turn to taxi/uber driving out of desperation because their actual career path fell out from under them.
I’m sure it makes for some interesting conversations, but is that really what we should be dreaming of? Having more opportunities for people to talk to about how they’re forced to drive uber because capitalism sucks?
I think she is poorly wording an idea that I’ve been talking about for a minute: the death of the cottage industry.
The avenues for a temporary gig are diminishing. You can’t drive uber or make store deliveries if a robot does it cheaper, you can’t sell weed if it’s legal everywhere, and you can’t even stand outside Home Depot and get picked up as a builder if the powers that be are arresting people and enforcing trespassing laws. We don’t live in the 1930’s anymore—you can’t make ends meet by pickling your backyard vegetables. Unless you’re a hot chick who is willing to sell her nudes on OF, then there aren’t really many options for the unemployed to survive.
The human connection is great and all, but the bigger thing she learned was that those drivers needed that opportunity to drive so they could meet their expenses. It still isn’t enough, but something is still better than nothing.
This is a bit of a bizarre argument (in the article), despite that I agree with the conclusion. Like she is talking about all of the ‘human connection’ she has gotten through taxi/uber drivers, and all of the examples that she gives are of people who had to turn to taxi/uber driving out of desperation because their actual career path fell out from under them. I’m sure it makes for some interesting conversations, but is that really what we should be dreaming of? Having more opportunities for people to talk to about how they’re forced to drive uber because capitalism sucks?
I think she is poorly wording an idea that I’ve been talking about for a minute: the death of the cottage industry.
The avenues for a temporary gig are diminishing. You can’t drive uber or make store deliveries if a robot does it cheaper, you can’t sell weed if it’s legal everywhere, and you can’t even stand outside Home Depot and get picked up as a builder if the powers that be are arresting people and enforcing trespassing laws. We don’t live in the 1930’s anymore—you can’t make ends meet by pickling your backyard vegetables. Unless you’re a hot chick who is willing to sell her nudes on OF, then there aren’t really many options for the unemployed to survive.
The human connection is great and all, but the bigger thing she learned was that those drivers needed that opportunity to drive so they could meet their expenses. It still isn’t enough, but something is still better than nothing.
I fully agree with everything you said but
…even this will eventually dry out as IA now can churn out endless objectified nudes from nonexistent women
Trained on existing people.
I appreciate that perspective, Weird! It’s certainly true that this is tragic in its own way.