It makes sense from a business perspective; their current core competency is mainly "blazing through VC money at an astounding rate". Uber's only shot at approa

It makes sense from a business perspective; their current core competency is mainly "blazing through VC money at an astounding rate". Uber's only shot at approaching any kind of profitability is from self-driving technology advancing to a point where they can cut out their biggest costs, namely, people.