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After five months of examining the company's culture, Uber's new human resources officer, Liane Hornsey concluded that the firm's treatment of women was no worse than what occurs a…

Buried at the very very bottom of the article as a footnote. Glossing over the tragedy of unexpectedly losing one's mother and almost losing One's father. The media reporting on Ub…

Prices likely won't go up when taxis are gone. Uber doesn't consider taxis to be a competitor. Uber is trying to compete with car ownership. Liquidity begets liquidity. This is why…

Demand would drop if they charged more. This would have the following potential results: - all driver earn more per trip, but may not make more per hour since there would be fewer …

It's kind of ironic that that article uses Elon Musk as his example, especially in light of this first hand account of an accomplish rocket scientist explaining how impressed he wa…

> rely exclusively on white bros in their 30s with identical experiences. According to Uber's diversity report, the racial composition of its workforce approximately matches the ra…

I don't see any reason why Charlotte Willner's account of what happened at Facebook couldn't apply just as easily to Uber. What makes you say that things are not in the same league…

> There just aren't that many barriers to entry in this space after Uber does all the hard work of dismantling those barriers. FTFY.

anti-Uber for this reason is just a specific case of Luddism. Just replace "Uber" in "anti-Uber" with whatever company would have instead driven down salaries in this industry and …

Even if they are breaking corrupt laws passed by the lobbyists working for the incumbents? Regulatory capture is a thing that harms society and Uber has done more to undo that harm…

Zuckerberg didn't need a break and Facebook turned out fine. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165566/Mark-Zuckerb... All the company needs is some pressure to shore up some…