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MENTAL MODEL · M5699

Precariat

Precariat
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

An emerging class composed of people lacking job security, identity recognition, and welfare protection (e.g., gig workers, interns, migrants). They live in long-term uncertainty (precarity) and lack a sense of control over the future.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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The root of anxiety for the new class. If you feel that no matter how hard you try, you cannot accumulate a sense of security, you may already belong to the Precariat. The solution is not to work harder at gigs, but to rebuild career continuity and social safety nets.

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Refers to a group of workers with highly unstable employment and income, lacking security. As a social/economic model, it reveals the vulnerability after risks are transferred to individuals.

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