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1. Kate (katebowles@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2017 01:30:06 UTC Kate

   Gave a talk on the future of work, thinking: the issue here is that work is broken but higher ed can't find the words for this so instead we say "everything is awesome".

   The gig economy, work on demand, uberisation, everything is awesome.

   And the thing is, it's really not, not if you get sick or you want to raise kids or you have a tiny hope of owning a home or you want to pay off college debt.

   None of these ways of working are awesome, except for the people who profit from your work.

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   • Kate (katebowles@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2017 01:31:35 UTC Kate

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     So now I'm cranky, because if people withdraw from the economy like employers have withdrawn from the obligations they used to have towards workers, then the entire economy is not-awesomed.

     Except for those 8 men who are worth more than 50% of the rest of us. They seem to be doing OK.

     #grumpy

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