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UBI and ghost work

Proponents of UBI today, who put it forth as a salve for the wounds cut by automation, frame the conversation as "Those poor sops who are at the bottom of the skills laddder! Let's be charitable and give them a hand." This ignores how dependent the future of work will be on contract on-demand labor…

—p.192 Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass by Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri
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the on-demand economy needs universal healthcare

[...] if the future is dependent on workers who cannot turn to theri employers of record to provide healthcare, society needs an alternative that reflects reality. Some make the case for unviersal healthcare, taking a charitable stance. The sick deserve our collective care. The cold bottom-line tru…

—p.189 by Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri
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better business bureau for ghost work archive/abolish-silicon-valley

FIX 9: UNIONS AND PLATFORM COOPERATIVES AS THE NEW BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU

We need a third-party registry that allows on-demand workers to build their work resumes and accrue reputations, independent of the platform. Workers should be able to take their record of accomplishments with them, no…

—p.188 by Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri