Anti-Capitalist Sentiment (with some morality)

[a500lbgorilla]

Holy shit, renton. You were right.

http://WWW.NPR.org/blogs/money/2014/...ride-costs-192

[Renton]

Holy shit, renton. You were right.

WWW.NPR.org/blogs/money/2014/01/24/265396928/when-a-65-cab-ride-costs-192

Yeah nice article. I've heard of Uber. City taxis are mega hurtful, it would be nice to see them subverted by a better system.

Sadly, most people will see that article and just go bananas at the fact that someone paid 3x the controlled price for a ride, nevermind the fact that she probably would have had to wait hours to find a city taxi during a demand spike like that. A New Yorker's time is often worth far more than 192 dollars so this can be a tremendous waste with the public system.

[a500lbgorilla]

Yeah nice article. I've heard of Uber. City taxis are mega hurtful, it would be nice to see them subverted by a better system.

Sadly, most people will see that article and just go bananas at the fact that someone paid 3x the controlled price for a ride, nevermind the fact that she probably would have had to wait hours to find a city taxi during a demand spike like that. A New Yorker's time is often worth far more than 192 dollars so this can be a tremendous waste with the public system.

For me it's a proof of concept because I was already walked through the concept. For them, with no guiding principles to digest it, they've just got their gut judgement. All you can imagine is how much it sucks to have to pay 3x because of the snow. Look at the comments. Many are finding every reason why it would suck for them and how it should have never come to this. They harp on everything from legging it to how illegal 17-hour shifts should be and how it was a waste of 200 bucks to produce this excellent piece. Few have a bird's eye view of the market place and how it will evolve in reaction to the surge (and they all talk in easily ignored econo-jargon).

A presentation of the concept along side a demonstration like this should be able to move opinions. I mean, even infomercials play off that. This article didn't try to sell anything though, they just wanted to put the raw experience out there.