The Sovereign Individual is really such a gem. What a powerful thesis, realizing (almost) fully in real time. Gotta be preparing accordingly to its projections still unrealized, but which look very, very feasible.
A legit signal of the level of job market/employability crumbling: the number of auto-replies signalling <recipient-not-here-anymore> you get from attempts of mere thread bumps inside your work place or recent external-to-workplace interactions.