Tag: labour
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The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy » Last year I worked undercover at a temp agency in Los Angeles. While I took the assignment for an article I was… more ›
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What Being a Bike Courier Taught Me About Our Broken Economy » Itake my first order on a Sunday morning in April 2016 at a small breakfast café. I wait… more ›
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The quitting economy » In the early 1990s, career advice in the United States changed. A new social philosophy, neoliberalism, was transforming society, including the nature of employment, and career… more ›
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Human Data Banks and Algorithmic Labour Facebook Algorithmic Factory (2) » This is the second story in our investigation trilogy titled Facebook Algorithmic Factory, created with the intention to map and… more ›
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Samsung developing robots to replace cheap Chinese labour » The South Korean government has handed Samsung a multi-million dollar investment to develop factory robots that can carry out complex tasks… more ›
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Server-side humans » The film Edge of Tomorrow takes place in a future where humans defend Earth against a plundering alien race. more ›
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Florida says former Uber driver is an employee, threatening its business model Uber promises big things for its drivers, from plenty of work to flexible hours, and even discounts on… more ›