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Felix Salmon: Uber and the Cognitive Zone of Discomfort

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

If you spend a fair amount of time among privileged dot-com types, you’ll probably be familiar with Uber, a kind of luxury car service for the smartphone era. The idea is that you pull out your iPhone, punch a couple of buttons, and in a few minutes a swanky black car pulls up to drive you to your next destination. You get out, no tipping, and the cost of the fare is automatically charged to the credit card you have on file. Elegant!

You do pay for that convenience. An Uber cab costs significantly more than you’d pay for a taxicab, and I’ve m...

Honorable Mention

The voting is in and it is time to announce the 2011 winner of the Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year. Over 200 votes were cast...

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