The article struck me as compelling for a really big reason. Pretty much all of the components from gig and temp work to loss of work benefits to outsourcing to changing economies to policy makers not being sure of how to tackle some of these issues to are things I've been aware of for quite some time. Heck, there's even frequent conversations on Hubski about these subjects. I think this is the first article I've seen though that really puts it altogether and say "it's all pat of a bigger picture" and so then now I wonder that maybe it is.

The interesting thing is though, this article is supposed to be doomy and gloomy and I read it and thought about it all day and it is kind of dark but I don't feel dark about it. If it's even half right, it kind of takes away some ambiguity. All of the components listed above always have a bit of nebulousness to them to me. The article kind of connects them together, gives the ideas more definable borders by relating them to each other. So the problem is still big and still scary, but it's a little more knowable. That doesn't necessarily mean things will be easier to solve, but at least they're a bit more understandable and that understandability makes them slightly less scary. At least, to me.