241–250 of 406 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If something's true, does it really matter if it insults someone? Driver buys a $97k car, goes bankrupt because as it turns out buying a super expensive car that you obviously can't afford is a dumb idea, then decides to blame someone else for his poor decision making.
On the other hand, the person he's complaining to had a direct role to play in the fall in his income (justified or not).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Something that struck me is: almost half of the country would disagree with you (the more conservative half). A lot of the American public believes what Kalanick said to be very true when it comes to low-ish income people complaining about what wealthier people do to them.
And yet many in that same half have no problem scapegoating Latinos, blacks, Muslims, liberals, China, or pretty much anyone that's not themselves.
In fact, I'd say Travis is 100% correct. Most people out there would rather blame someone else for their problems than take personal responsibility.
That guy is full of drugs. No judgement. Just recognizing what drugs looks like.
That guy is full of drugs. No judgement. Just recognizing what drugs looks like.
Here's the conversation that took place: Travis: So we are reducing the number of black cars in the next few months. Fawzi: It’s good. Travis: You probably saw some email. Fawzi: I saw the email [that says] it starts in May. But you’re raising the standards and dropping the prices. Travis: We’re not dropping the prices on Black. Fawzi: But in general. Travis: In general, but we have competitors. Otherwise we’d be out…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a different person than I was ten years ago. Some things remained the same, a few things changed.
It's hard to quantify how "different of a person" you are. But if there's one thing reading psych literature taught me it's that traits like aggression and compassion (or lack thereof) are measurable and shockingly persistent in people over decades. Circumstances, triggers, and incentives change wildly. The world is in flux. But people's attitudes generally are not.
Am I the only one who found the first part of the video more interesting? That guy is full of drugs. No judgement. Just recognizing what drugs looks like.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
A rude person that becomes conscious of the way it comes across to act disrespectfully may still be an rude inside, but if he/she is in control of the disrespectful behavior then I count that as real change.
This kind of relativism with truth isn't really leading us forward. So now pretending to change is suddenly more or less equal to actual change? Can you imagine any negative effects from that redefinition?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the Bloomberg article - > In 2012, Uber Black cost riders $4.90 per mile or $1.25 per minute in San Francisco, according to an old version of Uber's website. Today, Uber charges $3.75 per mile and $0.65 per minute. The least a CEO could have said is to thank the driver for his feedback and promise to look into it. Just because you're disrespectful doesn't mean the CEO of a consumer facing company can treat its p…
I spent the last half hour thinking about this on and off, trying to shift my perspective. I feel sort of guilty. Advocating for objectivity and dispassionate truthseeking is the second easiest way to curry favor on HN, and it feels cheap. (The easiest is still outrage, never to be topped anywhere :)) If anything, I find it sort of funny that Travis got mad. He handled it pretty well at first; they were just having a…
Observational humor has to be #3.