Every paid job I’ve ever had has been a ‘gig’. I don’t see what’s wrong with non-traditional work being available for people who want it. Some of us prefer it.
It should of course be an option for those who want to be self-employed and have the independence to not have to be tied to one job for decades.
The problem comes when most people have to live in that lifestyle. There can't be stability in society if a majority of people don't have roots somewhere. What happens to the kids when we become a nation of gypsies? They need stability in their formative years. What happens when most senior citizens never had the chance throughout their lives to prepare for retirement?
Of Course your wonderful life is based in those traditional values.
Man, Woman, Lots of Kids, Stay and home Mom etc etc.
I became a contract laborer, working in construction/remodeling for myself in 2003 because I was fed up with being a workers comp case manager-I have no regrets, even though the obamaeconomy has made it necessary to squeeze every dime and live in a dump right now-that is just the way it is, but it will get better.
But out here, many of those working for themselves are not doing it by choice-it is because jobs they used to commute back and forth to at companies in the city are long gone. We are becoming a semi-isolated rural economy, working mostly for our neighbors-and increasingly, we take pay in barter/trade if cash is short-and that may prove to be a good thing in the future...
I’m with you. 20 years of gigs. Works for me!