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An Effective Tool Of The Modern World: Gamification
Although the word game was not defined in the sense we use today, it has somehow found a place in the life of human beings since the Ancient Age. The human race, which has been playing games for thousands of years, has turned this concept into a rising trend in recent years. What is this trend? Gamification…
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Gig workers are uncertain, scared, and barely scraping by
In Seoul, food delivery apps compete to get your meal to you at “bullet speed,” sending drivers like Jang Hyuk hurtling across the city, racing against the clock on routes pre-planned by an algorithm. It’s the same in Bogotá, where Venezuelan migrant Lisandro Linarez braves the weather, the crime, and the occasional angry dog for $9 a day, if he’s lucky, working for delivery super app Rappi.
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How to Cheat at Xi Jinping Thought
A newly mandatory app is eating up Chinese workers’ time—so they’re finding ways around it. By Philip Spence.
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High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification
Using ratings, competitions and bonuses to incentivise workers isn’t new – but as I found when I became a Lyft driver, the gig economy is taking it to another level. By Sarah Mason.
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Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification
China has gamified being an obedient citizen with the creation of Sesame Credit. The game links to your social network and gives you a score for doing things that the government approves of, but it also reduces that score for doing things the government disapproves of. Even your friends' scores affect your own, and being friends with people who have a low score will drag your score down as well...
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