Aisha Harris
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There was a whole generation that came to understand itself in relation to cars and the highway system, for example. And that was heavily subsidized by the state decision to build that highway system. So I don't think we're the Uber generation because we loved cars. taking Ubers or whatever.
There was a whole generation that came to understand itself in relation to cars and the highway system, for example. And that was heavily subsidized by the state decision to build that highway system. So I don't think we're the Uber generation because we loved cars. taking Ubers or whatever.
There was a whole generation that came to understand itself in relation to cars and the highway system, for example. And that was heavily subsidized by the state decision to build that highway system. So I don't think we're the Uber generation because we loved cars. taking Ubers or whatever.
We were the Uber generation because capitalists saw an advantage in investing tons and tons and tons of money in these cab services. And we absorbed that and it changed our lifestyle. And that's where that money went. And the bill has come due and now We're a generation that spends a sort of ridiculous amount of our income on taking cars around places.
We were the Uber generation because capitalists saw an advantage in investing tons and tons and tons of money in these cab services. And we absorbed that and it changed our lifestyle. And that's where that money went. And the bill has come due and now We're a generation that spends a sort of ridiculous amount of our income on taking cars around places.
We were the Uber generation because capitalists saw an advantage in investing tons and tons and tons of money in these cab services. And we absorbed that and it changed our lifestyle. And that's where that money went. And the bill has come due and now We're a generation that spends a sort of ridiculous amount of our income on taking cars around places.
But that's how our lifestyle has been shaped by the investment decisions of a relatively small group of people. And now we're seeing it to a really absurd degree to change how we live to be dependent on these services.
But that's how our lifestyle has been shaped by the investment decisions of a relatively small group of people. And now we're seeing it to a really absurd degree to change how we live to be dependent on these services.
But that's how our lifestyle has been shaped by the investment decisions of a relatively small group of people. And now we're seeing it to a really absurd degree to change how we live to be dependent on these services.
Very quickly, right?
Very quickly, right?
Very quickly, right?
But at a huge cost, hundreds of billions of dollars, just sublime amounts of money invested into these services that are really, like you said, like
But at a huge cost, hundreds of billions of dollars, just sublime amounts of money invested into these services that are really, like you said, like
But at a huge cost, hundreds of billions of dollars, just sublime amounts of money invested into these services that are really, like you said, like
transforming the way that people do everything in their lives and you can think about that as a lifestyle subsidy quote-unquote right because young people are getting all these answers to their homework and don't have to pay for them or whatever that the compute required to produce these things that people are using costs way more than they're paying for them and
transforming the way that people do everything in their lives and you can think about that as a lifestyle subsidy quote-unquote right because young people are getting all these answers to their homework and don't have to pay for them or whatever that the compute required to produce these things that people are using costs way more than they're paying for them and
transforming the way that people do everything in their lives and you can think about that as a lifestyle subsidy quote-unquote right because young people are getting all these answers to their homework and don't have to pay for them or whatever that the compute required to produce these things that people are using costs way more than they're paying for them and
I don't think that's necessarily the right way to think about it. It's more like they're shaping the way that we live through their investment decisions, to which they are not accountable to us, right? They've set up a situation in which they know that people are going to use these services. They're providing them below their costs. They're flooding the market with these services.
I don't think that's necessarily the right way to think about it. It's more like they're shaping the way that we live through their investment decisions, to which they are not accountable to us, right? They've set up a situation in which they know that people are going to use these services. They're providing them below their costs. They're flooding the market with these services.