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> I think Kalanack just lends respectability to a mad man. What confuses me most is the notion that suddenly Kalanick has all this tremendous personal influenc

> I think Kalanack just lends respectability to a mad man. What confuses me most is the notion that suddenly Kalanick has all this tremendous personal influence and respectability, from people who are plenty happy to jump on him in other contexts. Is there a single person who was saying, "Well, I wasn't sure about Trump, but that Uber guy supports him..."? It seems like many of the other names on the committee have much more favorable mind-share, and so in that dimension must be doing more harm, and yet are getting less criticism.

CalChris 10y ago
The significant figure here is Trump. So anyone associating with him will be tainted by that association.
- dllthomas 10y ago
  Except that we are seeing far less of a reaction to Bob Iger or Jack Welch being involved with the exact same thing. What portion of people #DeletingUber are switching away from Pepsi products? Has the media failed to cover substantial new protest of JP Morgan?
  - CalChris 10y ago
    Jack Welch is retired. So there's no consumer pressure that can be brought to bear on him. Bob Iger is the chairman of the Walt Disney Company. He hasn't resigned from the panel but after consumer pressure he's refusing to attend: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-iger-wont-attend-trump-white-house-meeting-971437 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-iger-wont-attend-t...
    - dllthomas 10y ago
      Iger has a schedule conflict. That's not remotely the same thing as "refusing to attend". Even if he "has a schedule conflict", that's still not the same thing.
      - CalChris 10y ago
        Fine. You get half a point for pointing out that this has been corrected as a schedule conflict. And I get half a point for pointing out that Welch is retired. Returning to your main point, consumer pressure is being brought to bear. Even Musk has acknowledged this while saying he wants (for now) to engage. BTW, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom dumped Ivanka.
        dllthomas 10y ago
        My main point was that Kalanick seems to be targeted substantially because many people dislike him anyway. But if many people dislike him anyway, he's less of a problem than the others on the committee. A part of it may well just be a low-hanging fruit thing.

CalChris 10y ago

The significant figure here is Trump. So anyone associating with him will be tainted by that association.

dllthomas 10y ago
Except that we are seeing far less of a reaction to Bob Iger or Jack Welch being involved with the exact same thing. What portion of people #DeletingUber are switching away from Pepsi products? Has the media failed to cover substantial new protest of JP Morgan?
- CalChris 10y ago
  Jack Welch is retired. So there's no consumer pressure that can be brought to bear on him. Bob Iger is the chairman of the Walt Disney Company. He hasn't resigned from the panel but after consumer pressure he's refusing to attend: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-iger-wont-attend-trump-white-house-meeting-971437 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-iger-wont-attend-t...
  - dllthomas 10y ago
    Iger has a schedule conflict. That's not remotely the same thing as "refusing to attend". Even if he "has a schedule conflict", that's still not the same thing.
    - CalChris 10y ago
      Fine. You get half a point for pointing out that this has been corrected as a schedule conflict. And I get half a point for pointing out that Welch is retired. Returning to your main point, consumer pressure is being brought to bear. Even Musk has acknowledged this while saying he wants (for now) to engage. BTW, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom dumped Ivanka.
      - dllthomas 10y ago
        My main point was that Kalanick seems to be targeted substantially because many people dislike him anyway. But if many people dislike him anyway, he's less of a problem than the others on the committee. A part of it may well just be a low-hanging fruit thing.