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Re:Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat by choot on Sunday October 07, 2018 @06:46AM (#18159936)
It's because some people have low IQ so they are not able to navigate through the meandering job. All they want is a simple job with a well defined task on which they can speed up and later achieve more objective output and not have to please a boss for subjective remark.
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Re:Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat by Illniyar on Sunday October 07, 2018 @06:52AM (#18159960)
Actually from what the study says a sizable chunk does this because they prefer work from home or unable to work in an office. Some anecdotes are provided of people with sick parents or young children who for them taking a full time caretaker would be a net loss.
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Re:Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat by choot on Sunday October 07, 2018 @12:42PM (#18161425)
The reason they give is based on self evaluation.

People are particularly bad at self evaluation.

Keep in mind, most people don't know what their IQ is. And most don't consider themselves to posses less intelligence as they don't know what more intelligence feels like.

See this video for relationship between job expectation and IQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs2gPa5sD0

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Re:Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat by Latteland on Sunday October 07, 2018 @05:29PM (#18162732)
That comment is unfair, untrue, and like a statement from "1984" to justify removing health insurance and food stamps. "Those people are happy to have a simple, subsistence job, they don't need more."
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Re:Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat by afuchs on Sunday October 07, 2018 @04:46PM (#18162525)
From my casual observation, someone's IQ and intelligence doesn't seem to be a dominant factor beyond the point where it is considered a disability.

People with a level of intelligence that is measurably above average can still have difficulty finding and retaining jobs. There is a large group of people who can be expected to take whatever jobs they can find, out of necessity, regardless of their skills and aptitudes.

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