impact of technology on daily life
Tech companies have generally fixated on increasing productivity and profits by automating work, and thus eliminating jobs. The gig economy is merely positive branding for the same impulse - to reduce the complexity and costs of managing real, live human employees. Fundamentally, in most cases (there are exceptions), itu2019s a way for companies to keep a lion's share of the profits. While the digital revolution has undeniably created new jobs, the jury is still out there when it comes to whether tech, long-term, is going to be net positive or net negative in terms of total job creation. Beyond this u201cnumbers questionu201d, there is another one about the general impact on the nature of work.
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