News | The Weekly Edit 1.20.18

I read stuff online ALL. DAY. LONG.  I mean like, a lot.  Sometimes I tweet the articles but mostly the info just resides in my brain so in an effort to make some thinking space...

HERE ARE THE 3 BEST READS OF THE WEEK:

New Study Reveals Why Some People Are More Creative Than Others - The Conversation

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What Gig Economy Workers Can Learn from the Success of Romance Writers - The Conversation

• INTERESTING POINT: "Some 57.3 million U.S. workers freelanced in 2016, according to research firm Edelman Intelligence. Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that 15.8 percent of Americans work in “alternative work arrangements” (freelancing, contracting, temp work, etc.), up from 9.1 percent in 1995. In fact, they found that all net job growth in the U.S. from 2005 to 2015 came from such work. 


• AND..."If you’re not already freelancing, you may be soon. Edelman predicts that given current growth rates, more than half of the American workforce will freelance by 2027."

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A Cashmere Sweater Joins the Hollywood Resistance - The New Yorker