There have been many promises of opportunities which high tech and the gig economy were going to provide, such as millions of high paying jobs. Not only promises of high pay, but the ability to be free from having to work from centralized offices, which would increase productivity as workers could work from home or remote offices. How have those promises worked out? Have we seen a real increase in wages and opportunities for millions of recent college graduates? Have older workers felt more secure when they realized that the face-to-face semi-personal contact, they had with management is gone? And where are all those fantastic new jobs?

The attached video provides some answers as we see individuals working for $.30 per hour or less. But hey, it is the new world of the gig economy. What futures do these workers, or the millions of others like them see? Are these jobs preparing them so that they can move forward during the next ten, twenty or even forty years of their lives? It is becoming a brave new world in which the times of Upton Sinclair’s’ muckraking novels may actually be viewed as a better time. Indeed, the reality shown in this video points to the worse fears and ideas of science fiction writers who foresaw a dark and cold future for humanity.