For just about as long as humans have existed we’ve used technology and innovation to create weapons, from sharpened rocks and spears to WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction). The question of whether violence, crime and war will remain in our future is probably certain as long as humans inhabit the Earth, but that isn’t what I’m talking about.
As popularized by Science Fiction films like the Matrix and Terminator, I am talking about the idea of technology advancing to the point where we give it too much control or lose control of it altogether. We already have a lot of dependencies on technology, not just in our social, domestic and working lives (internet, cell phones, washer and dryer, fridge, alarm clocks, vehicles), but for our very lives themselves.
It’s a very obvious and huge problem with the computer and creative services categories that people are asking for free, equity or very low-paying work from freelancers.
There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with this, some freelancers are willing to take this kind of work. However, there should be a new category created;
pro-bono / economy computer (or something along those lines)
to separate paying and non-paying gigs. So, basically if someone is asking for free help, a partnership or aren’t willing to pay $20+ an hour they would post in this category instead. Please help out fellow freelancers and hopefully we can make this happen.