Livestream of Connected Futures conference — current panel is about the gig economy and algorithms http://www.northeastern.edu/videostream/
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Proposal for platform ride-sharing co-ops going forward. Persuasive tbhpic.twitter.com/x7iolcPHqQ
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There's like a whole roadmap here for alleviating exploitative labor conditions generated by Silicon Valley, it's very cool
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Can't help but think about all the VCs who talk a big game about how much they ~ care ~, but here's a real vision to put your money in
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#connectedfutures: "The tech is not inherently evil" -- Bad decisions are coming from the top, but it doesn't have to be that way. -
The current UI is designed to push drivers to keep working without stops
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A coop would be thinking about how to redesign the UI and the structure so drivers can work less for more $
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Question -- asks if how much of this exploitation is really just people and culture? Like what if Travis Kalanick wasn't Travis Kalanick?
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Answer is that it's definitely systemic and ideological -- Lyft is riding off the coattails by being less evil doppelgänger.
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"I used to think working conditions in the taxi industry were bad... but the level of precarity that Uber & Lyft drivers experience..."
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"... I can only compare it to my experience with the service industry in India."
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Some are only making enough money to meet the subprime lease for the vehicle from Uber/Lyft.
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That was an incredible set of presentations. Wow.
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