Exploring portable ratings for gig workers
This is so indicative of the difference between the US and China.<p>So in China they&#x27;re looking at a Social Credit System (which has been talked about here before [1][2]) which is a government program which would apply to all Chinese citizens and rate their trustworthiness. It&#x27;s seen as authoritarian, providing no way to start over, etc.<p>Here in America we&#x27;ve got this post and it&#x27;s implication that we&#x27;re going to institute a similar social credit system except it will come from corporations, not government and it won&#x27;t apply to everyone, only gig workers. It&#x27;s seen as an interesting technical problem and a way to increase market efficiency.<p>A tale of two viewpoints.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13201926" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13201926</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9445538" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9445538</a>