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Uber, too big to fail?
« on: December 10, 2016, 02:58:49 PM »
Interesting article which illustrates the difficulty of uberstanding the impact of change.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38252405

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Re: Uber, too big to fail?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2016, 10:21:33 PM »
That was surprising to me. I always thought that Uber achieved low prices through some sort of economy of infrastructure. I have a lot more sympathy for ordinary taxicab drivers now.
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Re: Uber, too big to fail?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2016, 10:51:06 PM »
That was surprising to me. I always thought that Uber achieved low prices through some sort of economy of infrastructure. I have a lot more sympathy for ordinary taxicab drivers now.
yep, with you in many ways this is counter intuitive