It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That's why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a nice restaurant and pay a little bit more. It's for the experience.
Relative to the taxi industry, Uber is a sustaining innovation; that is, it makes customers' lives better. Uber targeted mainstream markets with a better service for existing customers, and it succeeded in serving them better than the incumbents.
I've been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons.
I'm savoring being in California every minute, learning that traffic is just God's way of saying 'Hi.'
There's no such thing as an uber-mom.
The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.
I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
Uber is a good car service, and that's exactly what they were when we launched.
I think Uber is a good car service, but Lyft is going after a much bigger problem in trying to make life without a car possible and reinvent the way people get around cities.