Despite being handicapped by an atrocious digital infrastructure, younger Filipinos are still among the most connected and digitally savvy markets in the world. Or Indonesian millennials, or Chinese millennials, or Bengali millennials, or Indian millennials, or millennials anywhere else as they constitute a large, low-wage, reasonably intelligent workforce. I can make that assertion because I am probably a fairly good example of a “gig economy” success. The other mode of connecting freelancers to the market is through digital marketplaces, in which freelancers can bid for jobs posted by businesses. The “gig economy” for many—for all at the start, and for all but the most talented, diligent, or lucky it remains so—is a form of digital serfdom.

Source: Manila Times September 24, 2018 16:30 UTC