[repomies691]

> Remarkably bad at human and helping humankind.

I would say that the way how Uber aggressively expanded throughout the world has massively helped humankind. Because of Uber, many countries have changed their taxi laws, and many local competitors have sprouted up. More efficient taxi and ride-sharing services help save the environment and make cities nicer. Of course this is quite theoretical but I believe Uber was the needed company to push the mass transit development forward.

[AgloeDreams]

Was making more taxis on the road with more downtime and increasing congestion really an improvement in cities? A Recent study found that 50% of all cars in lower manhattan were rideshares. Is that really a better world? Ridesharing in cities has been absolutely proven to increase pollution rather than reduce while carpooling in rural areas helps reduce pollution. The problem with rideshares is that they are jobs based on time rather than efficiency. You drop someone off and then you are available to pick someone up, so you drive to them, drive them where they need to go and drive to the next person, the points between passengers are reductions in efficiency vs single cars and add to congestion in high congestion areas. In any case mass transit is much better in cities.

[SamReidHughes]

There is surplus value to the customer that you aren't accounting for. Mass transit is a far worse experience than Uber.

[miohtama]

Uber and Lyft are not necessarily efficient. This SF study claims increased pollution levels https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/5/eaau2670

(More empty cars cruising around)

[sabujp]

more electric cars would help, but wouldn't decrease congestion

[OBLIQUE_PILLAR]

When most people talk about "Mass transit" I think they mean trains... subways... buses...

I hope!