The Awl

Welcome to THE UBER EPISODE. We've got Jonathan Shainin, editor of Long Reads at The Guardian, Jay Kang, a contributor to NYT Mag, and, of course, Matt Buchanan. 

The question: Is Uber the future of everything? Is public transit doomed? Will surge pricing spread... everywhere? Are we all destined to labor forever at the whims of app children??? OR: Is the anti-Uber movement just soft-left polite politics? 

For background, read Matt's piece on Uber's "Endgame" and see Travis Kalanick's response here.

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Laura Olin, who ran social for Obama 2012, tells us what the political internet is going to be like in 2016. Presidential Twitter feuds. Snapchat gaffes! Hundreds of reporters with no idea what their jobs are anymore. GET READY. 

We'll also talk about her newsletter, Everything Changes, and the strange and incredible advice exchange she hatched in thousands of inboxes earlier this month. You can subscribe to the newsletter here, and find the advice exchange Google Doc here. 

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Jenna Wortham, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, tells us about worlds hidden inside Instagram.

Read: Instagram's TMZ

Read: Joy of a Black Planet

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