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> I recruited a friend recently who worked for Uber two jobs ago, and got objections at multiple levels So Silicon Valley has a sexual harassment problem and a prejudice problem?

> It's like capitalism forgot how capitalism work. Capitalism is fine, and America (and the entire global population) is wealthier than it ever has been. > Companies should borrow,…

So "not a minority" means you're a white man?

> Didn't Wozniak give out stock to people he felt bad for? Yes. And I think, as opposed to Jobs, his legacy will be rewarded.

> They're decoupling the price that the rider pays from what the driver gets. And this is somewhat transparent, right? Everyone loves getting middle manned, I'm sure neither driver…

> Yeah... Uber is doing fine. Okay, let's see them raise prices 6% in an environment with increasingly hostile regulators, increasing competition and a shallow moat and see what ha…

> no way of truly accounting No way to predict , sure. But if my memory serves me correctly, the entire theme of Taleb's Black Swan was about accounting for such events. For exampl…

> Commoditization, i.e. driving the costs down. Commoditization is about goods being of indistinguishable quality in comparison with each other, such that the consumer doesn't care…

Here's Paul Singer warning us in 2014 that "the threat of a widespread blackout from an electromagnetic surge the "most significant danger" in the world": http://www.cnbc.com/2014/…