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17. Yes, there's that a point also. The concentration may be 5% working and rich; 15% "essential", and 50% gig.work

Thu May 29, 2025, 04:25 PM

May 2025

Financial insecurity and people competing for gig work or ‘skills’ tasks

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A White-Collar Bloodbath Is Coming [View all] applegrove May 2025 OP

I think the same thing. The billionaires no longer need worker bees. Irish_Dem May 2025 #1

Counterpoint: AI is junk Bad Thoughts May 2025 #2

I hope you are right. applegrove May 2025 #3

H-1B has already pretty much wiped out entry level jobs RandomNumbers May 2025 #4

I'm old enough to remember what the world was like before Tarzanrock May 2025 #5

Won't be long before... 2naSalit May 2025 #8

Weirdly like an anti-industrial revolution Red Mountain May 2025 #10

Butlerian Jihad, anyone? LudwigPastorius May 2025 #13

Artificial Intelligence doesn't have a union... Jack Valentino May 2025 #12

Technology and automation are coming for blue and white collar jobs Amishman May 2025 #15

That's the plan. thought crime May 2025 #16