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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