You won’t be surprised to learn that I prefer my own take on this: https:[email protected]/live-from-la-farine-the-good-the-bad-and-the-uber-2bf0687cfbf0.

I see Uber as a myopia play against drivers, a privatization play against citizens, but also as a location-of-customers play for drivers, a signal-intensity-of-demand…

This isn’t what I’ve heard from Uber drivers in Leeds, UK. Several I’ve spoken to are happy as they can work on their own terms, pick their hours and receive better pay than working for other taxi firms. My last ride was from a man who’d been a dental nurse for 5 years and packed it in for an easier job with comparable pay.

I have been riding Uber(cab) weekly from the beginning, and American taxis for decades. I have made it a point to interview many taxi drivers and almost every Uber driver about their experience as a businessperson.

The above article is excellent in conveying that “there is not one taxi driver”.

I don’t even know what Luxor is. Since I’ve moved back to the states from China, I don’t have a taxi problem. When I lived in China I had a major taxi problem. One fine day, a lady cabby tried to abduct me and my 4 year old twin girls. I digress. This post was fucking awesome. Stop filtering. In those very early days when you were ranting/blogging to…