And then there was a socl promise abou connection that because these platforms were hosting what i called stranger sharing or personperson interactions it was thought that they we going to make ties, so you give a fist bump to the driver and find you have a connection on air b b and become friends. So all of those things. One has not been recognized as the extent to which this grew out of the longer standing traditions within Silicon Valley and when we look at those traditions we see what it mht have taken. There was the idea that the online communities need to bring bull togetr in these spaces andhis was a really into the nonprofit platform that was founded at this time. And withhat cyberutility and there was another strand in Silicon Valley. Prosperity and there was the right wing Silicon Valley discourse in t war leftwing one and with the sharing economy. And now i just mention the nonprot. And it remained quite important parts of the world. And that is whermy Research Team started
Hello everyone, welcome and thank you for sitting in my name is Audrey Stewart and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore im so please welcome you to todays writing forum with juliet schor discussing her book after the gig. She joined today in conversation by veena do fall. Shes a professor at sociology at Boston College and also a member of the Macarthur Foundation research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for pleasant. Shes a former guggenheim fellow and has won multiple awardsfor her work and research. She has joined today by veena dupal, her work has been cited by the California Court and her writing has been published in the la times and slate. She is currently workingon a book. Today they are discussing after the gig, based on a decade of Meticulous Research , this new book discusses the sharing economy, what it is, what it could have been and what it could still be. Ill leave you with this quo
Member of the Macarthur Foundation research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including the quest for plenty. She is a fellow guggenheim fellow who has won multiple awards for her research. She joined by a professor of law at the university of california hastings. Her work has been cited by the California Supreme Court and her writing has published in the guardian, shes currently working on a book. They are discussing after the gig based on meticulous research. And i believe you with a quote. And their intensive research. The sharing economy feels like what it participants and their ability, the rest of us make complete sense of the data. They provide a workable plan for how to fulfill the promise of gig work as part of the useful, fair economy. This book will redefine the deal and on that note. I will now go to our speaker, juliet schor. Im deeply honored to be in this conversation, you are just heard for the introduction but it was not a
About being a librarian in congress. I can remember that because i was surprised, i had been advising and consulting because this was an opportunity for the Library Community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library of Congress Going into the next few decades so my name was put forward as a person that i should talk to and that went on for a little while and then i was asked, would you consider being considered for the position yourself and it took me back a little bit and i had to think about what i was currently doing, really publicservice innercity that the state had the Public Library be the state library of baltimore and maryland, this was a very unique situation and i had become a Baltimore Ian and was really working on the issues and i had to think, how can i go from serving the community to serving a country. And what contribution could i make. Why did you say yes . Because when i really thought about the treasures and what is contained in the library of co
Come to order. I want to thank everybody for coming. I have a fairly short statement that i will read and then i will turn to the senator. Were convening under different circumstances of our previous meeting. Were following the guidance of the cdc and the office of attending physician. So were spaced further apart. Our staff is reduced. Were grateful for all of them. The general public is watching online rather than filling up the room. So our hearing today will look a little different. I think we can all agree that the capitol feels a little different, the halls of congress feel a little different. Small businesses, if theyre allowed to open at all, are operating on a very different circumstances. American homes have become classrooms and offices for millions of american families. And at least for a while, American Life as we know it has changed. Nonetheless, access or inaccess to Broadband Internet services, especially in rural areas, as remained unchanged and it might be a good topi