eggpy
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
Spoiler: it's not
I mean, that has been Uber's MO since they started. AirBnB too, nothing new about this
> The following October, Avi Loeb, the chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, co-wrote a paper (with a Harvard postdoctoral fellow, Shmuel Bialy) that examined ‘Oumuamua’s “peculiar acceleration” and suggested that the object “may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth’s vicinity by an alien civilization.”
or another spot where he says
"Every now and then we find an object of artificial origin. And this could be a message in a bottle, and we should be open-minded."
Seems to me like he is saying it could be worth considering that maybe this is an alien object.
> "It is much more likely that it is being made by artificial means, by a technological civilization."
This is highly dependent on company environment however and obviously can come with it's own set of motivations and problems.
Strongly disagree. Waiting tables or bartending at high-end restaurants could be considered gig work. Wedding photography is gig work. I have a friend who runs a stationary side business as a "gig". These jobs, if you are able to market yourself effectively and gain a good reputation and some solid contacts, can pay extremely well. I have a nice 9-5 with benefits and stability, but my friends in the above positions earn about the same I do and work close to half of my hours.
That obviously isn't the case for everyone who does these, but I don't think you can make the claim "the pay sux" for all gig work.