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Klaus's avatar

"It was because they weren’t tech companies. They are transportation companies, subject to all the problems that entails."

Hey, that was my point!

Needless to say that I agree, and we have very low-tech solutions to all of this. Buses and trains solve for the "lack of transportation" problem, and we've had those for centuries. They would also be nice during the present oil crises. As for AirBNB, we just need more hostels. They seem to be really rare in the US while they were everywhere in Europe. None of that involves slick apps though.

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AnotherOther's avatar

Nice piece! It's cool to see you've started putting stuff out there again, I look forward to the rest of this series.

I don't think I had seen the point made before about how these companies changed the culture and social expectations around cabbing and running hostels. That's pretty interesting. I feel like there are some intriguing implications there, that warrant further exploration.

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