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If Uber fails, or even if Kalanick is booted, it provides a series rebuke to Silicon Valley's cult-of-the-founder. nyti.ms/2sbkOub
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Uber's current state challenges the entirety of the tech startup culture's philosophy.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2017 Jun 11 Mood 0

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The brogrammer, crunch culture, founder as universal genius and executive, coding skills equal biz sense. Uber embodies them all.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2017 Jun 11 Mood 0

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If this was a just world Uber's failures would undercut Silicon Valley's dominant philosophical underpinnings. Sadly, not a just world.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2017 Jun 11 Mood -4 🙁

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More than that, Uber is the ultimate hyper capitalist proposition. It only succeeds if it can practically monopolize multiple verticals...
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets 2017 Jun 11 Mood +1 🙂

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That stance and proposition as a business strategy is clearly bullshit. Now, more than ever.
Permalink On twitter.com 2017 Jun 11 Mood -3 🙁

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Someone from Uber once asked me why they are challenged me on problems their competitors also have. It is because Uber dictates the standard
Permalink On twitter.com 2017 Jun 11 Mood -2 🙁

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Lyft, for example, is a challenger, Uber chose the philosophy on which the stage of competition was set.
Permalink On twitter.com 2017 Jun 11 Mood 0

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Uber didn't just choose to use these awful systems and philosophies. It chose to exemplify them. Its failures fall to those choices.
On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2017 Jun 11 Mood -5 🙁

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