As a student of pop culture, I've always paid attention to what sorts of things "define" a decade. More often than not, we look to clothing and style for something like that, but other phenomena also take on that responsibility.

When you think of disco, you think of the 1970s, right? Boomboxes, MTV, and VHS tapes scream the 1980s. In the 1990s, the Internet and mobile phones began to change our lives irreversibly, and in the 2000s, reality TV took a significant bite out of our spare time. The 2010s? Uh, social media, anyone?

The 2020s and the Gig Economy

In the 2020s, the COVID-19 pandemic conveniently kicked off the decade, essentially cementing working from home as a long-term prospect. And then, there's the gig economy. Untold millions make a living driving for DoorDash, InstaCart,

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