One thing that strikes me as strange is how we have had a persistent release of negative information about Uber through many different kinds of media outlets for the past few months.
This is not meant to cast doubt on the problems at Uber highlighted in these reports.
However, It seems like the drip of negative information was intentional, perhaps with the goal of having him resign.
Uber was guilty in the public eye almost immediately.
Even today the media narrative is that this is good for Silicon Valley culture as a whole. Implicit in this line of thinking is that most SV companies have the same culture problems. I find that to be troubling and largely incorrect.
This is a pretty strange line of logic. Uber has consistently been in the media for YEARS about corrupt things they've done. I think the public decided they were bad because of those many things, not by some stroke of luck...
While it is true they have been in the media for years for various reasons... Over the past few months it seemed to be accelerating.
Perhaps the lesson here is that if you set out to disrupt powerful interests across the world, you better have your own house in order, otherwise they will disrupt you.
This is not meant to cast doubt on the problems at Uber highlighted in these reports.
However, It seems like the drip of negative information was intentional, perhaps with the goal of having him resign.
Uber was guilty in the public eye almost immediately.
Even today the media narrative is that this is good for Silicon Valley culture as a whole. Implicit in this line of thinking is that most SV companies have the same culture problems. I find that to be troubling and largely incorrect.