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comment by b_b

Connecting people is important in our economy. But it's easily done by any number of sales people. Uber found a good way of doing sales. That's it. How many people do they employ? How much infrastructure did they build? Etc. This isn't a real economy they're creating. It's a temporary fill in a gap in the market--a gap that was mainly created by excessive government regulation. Once that gap is closed, and the market is fixed, Uber is worthless.