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“The villain here is not necessarily the internet, or even the idea of social media,” she writes. “It is the invasive logic of commercial social media, and its financial incentive to keep us in a profitable state of anxiety, envy, and distraction.” The business model of platforms like this — which rely on advertising and clicks and “engagement”
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Is the promise of gig-economy platforms to deliver high quality at low prices an illusion? Is the truth that the benefits of gig work come at the expense of (mostly desperate) freelancers? As a businessperson who wants to do the right thing, should you ever say no when someone is willing to provide high-quality work for little money? These
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Justin Murphy • Urbit and the Telos of the Creator Economy
do-gooder industries such as the nonprofit and public sectors, where the “privilege” to do