I am not your Uber driver
Peer-driven services like Airbnb and Uber are designed to make our lives easier and more convenient by cutting out the middle-man. But they can also have unintended consequences, as we hear from Phylroy Lopez.
Peer-driven services like Airbnb and Uber are designed to make our lives easier and more convenient by cutting out the middle-man. There's a definite upside of the sharing economy, but along with it comes some unexpected consequences. Phylroy Lopez is an engineer in Ottawa who had a recent experience that highlights the way technological change is tied to our changing social norms.