Mulling 3 cases: prohibition on ronin serving new masters, SV no-poaching collusion scam, H1b portability history. Free agency history=messy
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Employers acting against free agency to insure+control labor supply has historically been bigger force than them trying to eliminate jobs
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In many ways Old Labor is fighting the last war. The actual fight is for high mobility between employers, not job "security" with 1 employer
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Missionary over mercenary, OPM growth over bootstrap/lifestyle businesses are both modern examples of engineered dishonor of ronin status
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If SV were like Edo era, people leaving unicorns to do a startup, disdaining unvested options, would have to commit seppuku. So, progress :)
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they think it's easier to unionize the former. They need to become guilds instead.

