Uber

I need help with this, why does this company continue to reject any and almost all pre clearance of its drivers? They left the largest city in the US because they refused to do a criminal check on their drivers. It’s almost like they want to have criminals behind the wheel!
Today one driver was arrested in California after raping four different women. He wasn’t even a US citizen! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/23/uber-driver-charged-with-four-rapes-california?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
This company could have owned the taxi business but chose to be some kind of outlaw you can’t tell me what to do company. I may be a big male and not afraid of much but man, who is it that’s picking me up? Or my daughters? You just don’t know.
Then they attack these drivers with a shrinking percentage of revenue to the point of starvation. Was everyone involved at the start Trump followers? To be a big company like this and not care at all for your customers or the people who make you your money is hard to understand. It feels like a very criminal behaviour to me, heck I’d have more faith in a rickshaw driver in Vietnam then an Uber driver anywhere in the world.
They are currently trying to crack the Vancouver market, and even though this market needs a shakeup in the worst way I’m afraid of what will come with it.
Seven billion, looking for a lift, and counting

Hard Work

It’s been said many times that in the future we will have more leisure time, that robots and such will free us to an easier life, yet no sooner is this said we all seem to be busier and work longer and harder lives. I have a theory on this, I think we are afraid to be idle. That we will get into more trouble and spend past our means. Is happiness being busy as we can be? Working till we can’t?
No we need to work, we want to work, and a future that may eliminate all these jobs is not something most want to see. There is a guilt to sitting around that’s hard to take. Yet a lot of what we do is really quite meaningless. That can be very frustrating, and I think explains the Trump movement. It’s a last grasp at a life that has past us by. Drill for more oil, dig for more coal. Ignore climate change. It’s a plea for a past life, one that is done done done!!!
I’m looking forward to the new economy, whatever that’s turns out to be. But one thing is for certain, we need to be busy and lead a life that has some meaning.
Seven billion, wondering what’s next and counting.

Buying and selling

I used to sell cars, for dealers and privately. It could be a long and painful journey from start to finish. First you place an add, that took a week and sometimes longer. Then it would get to print but there were mistakes, or you sold it, or the price needed to be adjusted for work done. Then came the internet.
Thursday night at 4 pm I went to see a car, liked it and bought it. Got it home, plated and insured by 7:30. Then I needed to sell the one I was driving. Friday at 2:00 pm I posted an add to Craig’s List, got an email at 2:10, by 3:30 car was sold. It to was plated and insured and driven to the buyers home. I was dropped off at my home by 7:30 pm. 24 hours to do 2 deals completed privately is in my mind just crazy.
Why oh why do we need dealers?? Values are there for everyone to see, specs and problems are just a google search away. I think Tesla has it right, order on line and get it delivered to you. We don’t need to be paying all these middle men (and women) to do what we can do ourselves in relative ease. Kind of like Sears and other stores like them, just a big waste of time and added expense.
We are entering the speed warp of commerce now and it’s going to get even faster then my example.
Seven billion, getting what they want and counting.