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The arrival of the novel coronavirus and subsequent shutdowns of economies across the globe have caused hardships not seen in generations. But for business professors, it's also a once-in-a-generation research opportunity.
USC Marshall Assistant Professor of Marketing and Kenneth King Stonier Assistant Professor of Business Administration Davide Proserpio was one of the first academics to study the sharing economy as he completed his Ph.D. Today he is considered a leading expert in the so-called "gig" economy. We asked him five questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdown are affecting the sector.
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Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 10 2020, @10:57PM (9 children)
Where, exactly, has there been rioting (police attacking peaceful protestors doesn't count) in the last ten days or so?
The people in the streets are peaceful protestors, not rioters.
Whether or not it's a good idea to gather in large groups during a pandemic is a reasonable question to ask.
But painting the hundreds of thousands (every) of peaceful protestors as "rioters" is just dishonest. For shame!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @01:26AM (4 children)
A CNN employee on SN? Could you give Brian Stelter a wedgie live on air?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @01:41AM (3 children)
That's all you've got? Really?
Please try to do better. You're giving partisan hacks a bad name.
The funniest part is that I *never* watch CNN. Or Fox. Or MSNBC.
Once in a while I'll watch DW News [dw.com] or BBC News [bbc.co.uk].
Or are they on the Communist/ANTIFA/fake news bandwagon too?
Should I now be beaten until I just pay attention to jackass' twitter feed, Alex Jones, OANN and other absolute arbiters of truth?
This has been nice. But be a good boy and run along. The adults want to have a conversation.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:36AM
Was that a yes or a no?
PS: The US riots of peace didn't stop until weekend when the European riots of peace started.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:48AM (1 child)
Adults have been discussing Vanilla ISIS [city-journal.org] for some time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:59PM
Except there hasn't been any violence there except police attacking peaceful protestors. Now that the police are no longer doing so, there's no more violence. I'll say it again since reading comprehension appears to be lacking on your part: Police attacking peaceful protestors is *not* rioting.
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/In-the-new-Capitol-Hill-Autonomous-Zone-15330353.php [seattlepi.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Autonomous_Zone [wikipedia.org]
https://www.newsweek.com/seattle-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-protests-1510141 [newsweek.com]
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=37944&op=Reply&page=1&pid=1006140#post_comment [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @04:50AM
There are people with guns guarding checkpoints into the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle right now.
https://mynorthwest.com/1935411/seattle-demontrators-checkpoint-chaz/ [mynorthwest.com]
Yes, all the weirdest out-there shit happens between here and Portland first, but rest assured, you'll be getting it in the next 5-10 years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @12:12PM (2 children)
Portsmouth, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hampton, Virginia.
Look harder.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:48PM
All more than a week ago. Like I said.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rioting+in+virginia&client=firefox-b-1-e&gbv=1&sei=s1HiXuq3H-6GwbkPwtC1gA8 [google.com]
Where is it happening *now*?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:48PM
All more than a week ago. Like I said.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rioting+in+virginia&client=firefox-b-1-e&gbv=1&sei=s1HiXuq3H-6GwbkPwtC1gA8 [google.com]
Where is it happening *now*?