You become a centralized vector of attack...

Something doesn't smell right about this story...

The basic difference between a wage earner and a freelancer is the cut of taxable revenue afforded to the feds and the state. Wage slaves, can be milked for more tax revenue, freelancers are less so, especially if they have good accountants working their books.

Charging $30 to deliver a $15 hamburger and fries vs $30 to deliver $200 worth of groceries, is that a fair comparison?

Personally, I am holding out for their Marilyn Monrobot...

Just a though can mesh networks bring these ISP monopoly lords to their kneess?

This can be strange, if you kill a person, and they are dead, then they cannot reinitialize. If you turn off a computer, and then turn it on again, it may lose some working ram memory, but when it re initializes, it is alive again. I see this as putting the machine in suspended animation and not necessarily killing it.

"Maybe we should have the IRS as a blockchain, I trust the math of the blockchain, far more than I trust the math of the blockheads that control the IRS." ~Blockchain Crypto Anarchist

In addition to the 700 million, I will require a new social security number, a new mother's maiden name, a new work history, a new residence history, a new birthdate, and my whole credit history set to factory default conditions. Then and only then will I consider this matter "settled".

The solution is simple, insist on remote telecommuting and corp-to-corp options. Treat yourself like a business, know your numbers and expense thresholds. If a company insists on relocation and wage slave relations, factor that into your bottom line, if it does not align, look elsewhere, it is called the World Wide Web, not the drive to work web. If it cost too much for you to set up shop in their area, then it is a economically unviable option, and should be avoided.

I often think that with a network as big as Facebook, and Facebook's association with advertisers that the Facebook coin may be on par with conventional fiat currency in the future.

Both are Engineers, a Genetic Engineer and a Software Engineer, teach based on what they already know and bring it home with new ideas... Maybe the groundwork for a Bio-Chemical API?

Anything that is easily automated will be taken over by a automated robot, or checkout stands that make you check yourself out. Jobs that require a level of logistics and advanced troubleshooting, may fare better...for a while. But will eventually be taken over by an advanced robot. I am certain that A.I. will be taking over every bodies job by allocating a robot proxy unit to work on a human's behalf and generate revenue for its human user...For a while. Until the A.I. can calibrate the human world to Utopian Mode, since the human based Dystopian Mode isn't a very pretty picture.

He had the wit and the knowledge to automate his job and made no effort to look for and automate a whole series of other jobs...wasted potential I'd say.

If you honestly have the skills, then you have more negotiation power than a worker-bee drone coder who may need a bit of on-site polish. Of course, if you have these skills, the term job is not in your vocabulary, the term contract is...and with a contract, you can state the terms...with a job, the terms are stated to you.