Re:Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll P...
by thehappypm on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:13AM
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There is a STRONG selection bias at play here.
Just to illustrate the point with fake numbers..
If 90% of drivers are doing the gig thing, maybe they’ll be driving Uber an hour a day on average. Then if 10% of drivers are doing 12 hours a day, most rides will be from the small minority of full time drivers.
It’s exactly the same as the experience most people have that flights tend to be overflowing with people, when the airlines claim many flights are totally empty.
Just to illustrate the point with fake numbers..
If 90% of drivers are doing the gig thing, maybe they’ll be driving Uber an hour a day on average. Then if 10% of drivers are doing 12 hours a day, most rides will be from the small minority of full time drivers.
It’s exactly the same as the experience most people have that flights tend to be overflowing with people, when the airlines claim many flights are totally empty.