
Sharing links that mock a caricature of the Other Side isn’t signaling that we’re somehow more informed. It signals that we’d rather be smug assholes than consider alternative views. It signals that we’d much rather show our friends that we’re like them, than try to understand those who are not.
percent …of alcohol-related deaths in California cities before and after Uber was available. They found that the arrival of Uber in a city led to a 3.6%-5.6% decrease in the number of people killed in cars due to alcohol. Another study in Seattle found that DUI (driving under the influence) arrests fell 10 percent after…