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Loren: I remember the story that you wrote back in two thousand 15 about the shut in economy. That was the first time i had really taken a look at the gig economy a i just moved back to san francisco. And so, you know, i have long thought thato, you are a great journalist in looking at what is going on with the tech industry. LZ: Thanks for having me. If you like this show, if you enjoy this conversation, please consider joining the 96 other people who have opraded their pledges or started supporting the show by going to patriontoc com slash tech won't save us and joining at five or ten dollars a month.

Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Smiley to discuss what we’ve learned about the Uber crash since in happened in March 2018, what that’s meant for the vehicle operator who’s been charged, and whether the justice system made the right call in blaming her instead of Uber.

Lauren Smiley is a WIRED contributor and freelance journalist based in San Francisco. Follow Laren on Twitter at @laurensmiley.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

Lauren interviewed Rafaela Vasquez and dug into the substance of the past four years of information on the Uber crash for WIRED.
Last summer, Vasquez’ legal team argued the grand jury hadn’t heard to full version of events before indicting her.
In 2019, the NTSB’s final report placed primary blame on the operator, but secondary blame on Uber, the pedestrian, and the state.
In 2015, Lauren wrote about the “shut-in economy” and social divides being entrenched by on-demand services.

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