Instaserfs (I of III)
Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2015
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In the sharing economy no one can hear you work. This is because companies like Uber, Lyft, Postmates and others only employ “partners” or independent contractors. So your host decided to partner with Andrew Callaway, a 25 year old San Francisco native, to find out what its like to work in the sharing economy. As the official ToE instapoder Andrew will drive, shop, clean, deliver, and serve for a whole month, and he’s going to record his entire experience. Plus in this episode technology journalist Sarah Lacey tells us the truth about Uber.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything. |
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| 0:21.4 | fm. Thanks. Hey dear listener, it's me Benjamin Walker. I just |
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| 1:27.0 | You are listening to Benjamin Walker Theory of Everything. |
| 1:31.0 | This installment is called Instaurfs, Part 1. |
| 1:37.0 | All right, it's May 29th, and I am on my way to my Uber sign up vehicle inspection. |
| 1:48.5 | By now, you've all most likely read an article |
| 1:51.4 | or a blog post or listen to a radio show or a podcast about what it's |
| 1:55.8 | like to start a startup in the order stuff online economy, the order someone around economy, or the drive someone around economy or the drive someone around economy. |
| 2:05.0 | Actually there's no real consensus about what we're supposed to call this thing. |
| 2:10.0 | Personally, I like the on-demand economy, but for the sake of clarity, we're going to go with |
| 2:16.3 | the sharing economy, which is what most people call it. |
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