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Hey New York Times, This Is Why Uber Is Awesome

The New York Times has issued a major blast against the gig economy, and it has all the features of this genre of writing: find anything in the sector that might be improved, or is improving, and treat it as something government should crush immediately, regardless of the results for people who are actually choosing in favor of this form of market participation. An editorial as bad as this calls for a good fisking.

Lyft Co-Founder: “Private Car Ownership Will All-But End” in US Cities by 2025

(ANTIMEDIA) John Zimmer, co-founder and president of Lyft, released a 14-page manifesto yesterday describing the ride-sharing company’s “Vision for the Next Ten Years and Beyond.” In it, Zimmer not only predicts that the majority of the company’s vehicles will be driverless within five years, but also asserts that “by 2025, private car ownership will all-but end in major U.S. cities.”