I remember that taxi drivers used to make a semblance of an income back in the day, but working in the gig economy now is essentially modern day digital serfdom. I had a buddy who got into Uber driving before the pandemic, got involved in some of the Uber social media communities in our area, and wound up knowing so many people who committed suicide because they were given auto loans by Uber to buy a car they'd never be able to pay back on Uber rides.
Not everyone benefits from this tech-driven world.
Nobody is claiming that.
Do you know that it's the existence of taxi laws that make it largely illegal for, after a concert or other large event lets out, it's illegal for Uber to just have a line of cars and for people to line up and just get into the next available car? So instead the parking lot right after is this ridiculous madhouse of everyone waiting around for "their" car.
Taxis did themselves in. Somehow, they've still not managed to catch up. Just a month ago I was in Vegas and got ripped off by a taxi. Took Uber/Lyft the rest of my time there.
I wouldn’t use that as an example of how tech has made the world better.
A ton of money? Easy to forget about that if you don't have to worry about where next month's rent is coming from.
> I can confidentially say after working in the industry for over 20 years, that it doesn't do that.
I can confidently say that it has made the world better. You've just forgotten about all the things that sucked. Remember how we used to have to get taxis?