Until the highest paid ICs take to heart that they are still “labor” and not part of the ownership class, regardless of how much lottery ticket, second- and third-class, unpreferred stock they own, unionization will never take off. They will have to understand that really, they’re no different than the interns or the janitors employed at their respective companies. I believe it will become necessary sooner or later because even the oh-so-learned technorati have their breaking point.

I hope that AI, in whatever form, hastens this. People are probably in for a rude awakening.