> Even if this was true, and there is a mountain of empirical data suggesting it isn't, [...] On the contrary, it's pretty clear that living conditions have be

> Even if this was true, and there is a mountain of empirical data suggesting it isn't, [...] On the contrary, it's pretty clear that living conditions have been historically getting better worldwide. See, for example, Hans Rosling. > Whatever the law of each country they are operating on says [...] Why are there any Uber drivers then? Why don't they choose to work instead of traditional jobs instead of being, according to you, a micromanaged cog with no human rights? > Some people's lives become less comfortable so that other's can become more comfortable. Are they less comfortable driving an Uber than they would be in the job they would get in case there was no Uber? > in part being caused by the current infinite growth economical paradigm If you want the quality of life of people living in undeveloped countries to increase, there's no alternative to economical growth. You probably live in a country which has already been through this process, but preventing others from growing in the name of supposed existential threats is condemning their population to poverty.