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UBERWORKED AND UNDERPAIDPublished: November 14, 2016

OURS TO HACK AND TO OWNPublished: October 16, 2016

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#dEleteUber

#susanfowler

chances are that the sites you visit

are owned by one of these

companies

http://websitesyouvisit.com/monopolized

years of relatively low inequality

DEBT AND inequality on the rise

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unprecedented levels

2017

Ecological

degradation

$7.6 trillionINDIVIDUALWEALTH In tax havens

24% of Americans reported earning money

from the digital ‘platform economy’

in 2016.

Pew Survey on ‘Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing’ (2016)

2.

TRANSITION

3.

1844

co-ownershipof platforms

& data

democratic governance

AGAINST TECHNO-SOLUTIONISM

platform.coop

ioo.coop

it’s about a

diversified digital economy

PHOTO: NATHAN SCHNEIDER

PHOTO: NATHAN SCHNEIDER

#WeAreTwitter

credits: sTOCKSY UNITED

corporate ownership

cooperative model

SANCTUARY PLATFORMS

REFUGEESWORK.COM

credits: fairmondo

UPANDGO.COOP

a new society

needs newinstitutions

HTTP://PLATFORMCOOP.NEWSCHOOL.EDU

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