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> And who is losing here exactly? Uh, pedestrians in crosswalks, apparently. I'd also add: 1) drivers who were lied to about their potential take home pay 2)
by czep 10y ago
> And who is losing here exactly?
Uh, pedestrians in crosswalks, apparently. I'd also add:
1) drivers who were lied to about their potential take home pay
2) customers who will have to eat 50% fare hikes once Uber gains monopoly power in order for them to ever become profitable.
3) employees who work under a CEO who lauds the company as "Boober" in honor of all the fringe benefits he gets for running it.
4) investors who will lose value once the company finally implodes.
- dmix 10y agoI was talking about the autonomous vehicle permit in this particular case. I removed that part of my comment because people are mistaking what I said apparently.
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoIsn't it a fun fact that throughout history, (barring the morally exceptional[0]) each human only ever chose to do things that were in their best interest. However, since humans existed, we have continually seen a consistent improvement[1] in the average human's life. [0] Funny thing about the morally exceptional: I can't think of any which continue to improve our current day-to-day lives. [1] Improvement is subjective. But objectively (compared to centuries past), our housing situation has gotten better (more roofs, less exposure to the cold/heat), the average human doesn't worry about getting sick from bad water or getting bitten by a snake while in their bed, the average human dies less to disease and overall dies at a later age, and the average human is able to spend more time on hobbies rather than necessities.
- kuschku 10y agoRegardimg [0]: The entire open source industy. Voluntary fire brigades. And so on. I'm surprised you ignore all those so easily.
- djrogers 10y ago> Voluntary fire brigades. It's entirely rational to join a VFD out of self interest.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoAnd yet what you do in VFD is very often against your own self interest - you sacrifice a lot of time, and sometimes risk your health and life, and all you get for yourself is bragging rights.
- djrogers 10y ago> all you get for yourself is bragging rights. Not at all! You get the knowledge that the men and women standing beside you at an emergency will be there when it's your house/barn/grain silo that goes up.
- morgante 10y ago> The entire open source industy. The open source industry is far from unbridled altruism.
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoAs you said yourself: "open source industry" Voluntary fire brigades, et al: My bad on the miscommunication, I was talking about "throughout history": As a result what I meant was: I can't think of any [morally exceptional people] which [past their own lifetimes] continue to improve our current day-to-day lives. You are correct though that morally exceptional people do have a (slight) positive impact to my day-to-day. I just haven't seen a case where their contributions transcended time. Similar to the contributions of say: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Bell, person who first repeatedly sparked fire, etc. The contributions of religious figures transcend time. But you could argue either way about their contributions being beneficial to our day-to-day. Again it would be debatable if it was in the best interest of these religious figures to spread their personal ideology. Either of these debates would be inherently biased towards your take on religion.