Connor McGee

Author of the 2017 nonfiction book The Uber Fights. | Former govt auditor. | Guy whose brain won't let him be bored for more than a weekend.

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@Skeptical_Bull @wallstreetbets https://t.co/rrIGDzWKYy

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https://t.co/6xl7rAADDC So the argument is that creative destruction led to a cab driver's tragic suicide - therefore, we should ban creative destruction. Yep, that's not protectionist at all. #TheUberFights #Taxi #Uber #Lyft

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"Cheat codes are like elegant solutions to problems that haven't yet been thought of," said Kalanick. #WaymoUber https://t.co/iHp2ywZIe3

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Using government regulations to set up your own dedicated oligopolies... Congratulations, @Uber. You've come full circle and turned into taxis. https://t.co/nSF8U6QwlG @marcscribner

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@marcscribner @nickgillespie @edkrayewski @Julian_Morris @asymmetricinfo @binarybits Two years ago, @Kalanick gave a ted talk railing against government regulations used to take jitneys out of existence in the 1910's. https://t.co/hq4bXkdo1M

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And the hits keep on coming. https://t.co/73DF5CDfnq

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@RobLowe In Austin, TX... https://t.co/z3P6E4SPz3

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@mobleywho I know the weather wasn't ideal, but great show tonight. Glad I got to see you live!

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@ranimolla Well there is this one book I know of... https://t.co/vRowPhYTzz. 4/5 people with my last name are quite pleased with it.

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Interesting policy question. If the govt sells you a public-utility asset (taxi medallion), are they responsible for ensuring its value? Can they be fickle and change their minds later? https://t.co/6vwnn4p17O

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@EricNewcomer "It's totally not a setback... which is why we worked *really* hard trying to win this ruling."

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@MikeIsaac Man, some $70b companies get all the bad luck.

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@dkhos Not a fan of taxis, but I've never understood the bizarre argument that Uber is just a "facilitator" b/w buyers and sellers of transportation. That's like saying Yankee Stadium is just a "facilitator" b/w players and live viewers. It's obvious which party has the most control.

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@anthonyha You forgot the Star Wars Holiday Special. It's definitely somewhere in the top 20. https://t.co/2Wt4D1RqMO

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@MEGra18 @Uber @lyft Man, some $70b companies get all the bad luck.

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#Uber owes a lot to @mayoredlee. After launching in 2010, SF taxi regulators wanted to shut them down, and it was really only Lee's intervention that prevented it. Expansion & new rounds of investment would have been very difficult w/o him. #TheUberFights https://t.co/wZNjq2zzNi

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Maybe I'm alone in this, but I think people's stories of their Uber/Lyft/Grubhub/Doordash/Instacart drivers are about as mesmerizing as stories of how well a poker hand was played.

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@alex I'm sorry. I'm sorry for the former and the latter.