How depending on a platform is a ticket to financial ruin, and what to do about it
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3CPXD)
UC Berkeley economist J Bradford DeLong's wide-ranging Reinvent interview covers a lot of ground, but is especially fascinating on the long-term trajectory of small businesspeople who bet their commercial futures on platforms -- he uses Uber drivers as an example, but this has implications in lots of sectors. (more")