尽管自由职业和兼职劳动并非新鲜事，但共享经济不同，因为它让自由职业者变成了“纳米工人 ” （ nano-worker ） ， 他们改换雇主不是以月乃至于周计算，而是以日计算。
Though self-employment and part-time labor are hardly new, the sharing economy is different, because it allows freelancers to become “nano-workers,” shifting among employers not just monthly or even weekly, but several times a day.