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Hey Silicon Valley, We Are All Uber

• greenyoda 12y ago
  "This isn’t just Uber’s problem to solve, it’s all of our problem to solve. Every executive, employee and VC in tech needs to lead by example to change this culture." The reason why the Uber story got so much attention is because that Uber exec's actions were way outside the norm of what we expect from corporate behavior (inside or outside the tech industry). Most tech companies are not so ruthless and unethical that they'd think about spending a million dollars to try to smear a critical journalist. So no, it's not everyone's problem, it's the problem of a small number of sociopaths. We are not all Uber.
• frozenport 12y ago
  Indeed, this standards against the background of most of America where using a taxi is a sign of profligate spending. Recall the WASPs from Tom Wolf's Bondfire of the Vanities: http://www.realcityonline.com/media-book-bonfire-of-the-vanities/ http://www.realcityonline.com/media-book-bonfire-of-the-vani...
  • GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
    Commuting to work by cab is not the typical use case.
• gumby 12y ago
  I agree that over the past 15 years the valley has become less interested in technology and more interested in money. Palo Alto went from having the lowest median income of all the surrounding towns to one of the highest by, in part, kicking out the support systems for the poor. Nevertheless if you ignore those who strut for the press, there are a TON of good people doing cool things that really will change the world. A majority of the startups IMHO.