Ben and James follow up on last week’s Uber discussion, talk about the problem with regulation, and worry about stagnation and the different cultures of Europe, America, and Asia.

Links

• Nicole Campbell: What Was Said at the Uber Dinner – Huffington Post
• Lane Wood: Here Ego Again – Medium
• Chase Madar: Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop – Nation
• Peter Sterne: Jack Schafer on Losing his Job and the State of Things – Capital New York
• Ben Thompson: Why Uber Fights – Stratechery
• Zenefits Faces Shutdown In Utah For Giving Its Cloud-Based HR Software Away For Free – Techcrunch
• So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider – New York Times
• Note: A federal judge eventually gave the right for the Utah hair-braider to work. In addition, the Utah governor has pledged to look into the law affecting Zenefits, but no concrete changes have been implemented.
• James Allworth: How Corruption is Strangling U.S. Innovation – Harvard Business Review
• StartupLJackson: “Dammit Utah, it’s shit like this that drives people into the arms of Ayn Rand.” – Twitter
• Blake Ross: Uber.gov – Medium
• Jenna Wortham: Ubering While Black – Medium

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @monkbent, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

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