Exactly. Long before Uber there was an idea of digitizing carpooling that went something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn-ev4fjsM http://www.youtu

Exactly. Long before Uber there was an idea of digitizing carpooling that went something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn-ev4fjsM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn-ev4fjsM Even then, it's not technically sharing as you are getting paid but the idea was that you are getting money for very minimal effort and in return providing good cheap travel options for people. Not just another taxi service.