there’s nearly one million Uber and Lyft drivers in the United States and close to four million worldwide. The problem with losing these jobs is that, more often than not, the people who work them are already on the fringe of employment. These jobs are often worked by people who either have a main job that doesn’t pay them enough or who are unable to get work otherwise.

Considering the amount of money Uber and Lyft have invested in driverless cars, there’s a certain amount of irony in the fact that current drivers are working themselves out of a job. And this is just the beginning.


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