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Why gig work feels like constant performance

I have three different gig apps running while I work my day job and I feel like I'm always performing for some algorithm or another.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gamification of labor creates a state of perpetual self-optimization that becomes exhausting and dehumanizing.

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“Where Are You with The gig economy — structural view?”

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