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Revenge of the Chickenized Reverse-Centaurs

created: May 28, 2025, 4:55 p.m. | updated: May 31, 2025, 8:54 p.m.

The processor tells the farmer how to build their coops and when the lights are to go on and off. Likewise for Amazon drivers. Take Para, a collection of apps for gig workers that undo the reverse-centaur relationship between workers and gig employers. For example, in 2020, there was a widely shared story about Amazon drivers hanging their burner phones from tree branches near Amazon warehouses. It’s not just online creators and Amazon drivers and Dashers who have natural solidarity when it comes to rendering algorithmic judgments legible and accountable.

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