Digital Scarcity - The First Matrix

What are the odds that, 50 years from now, the center of the world economy will be digital goods? Why does Neo have to go to work at a boring desk job if he's just a brain in a vat being fed a soothing simulation by the machines? Will you and everyone you work with lose their minds if you don't use Upwork to bring in more talent to help? Can you afford to spend months finding that talent the old fashioned way? And can you hire them in seconds on Upwork?