Ugh, this is a poorly written piece. Points are muddled, poor segues, poor references/unbacked claims, and a meandering story. Not what I'd hope for from Levy.

From the article:

> "..in fact, Uber felt it was treated fairly by a government interested in transportation innovation"

Anyone have a source on this?

Also, this seems to me like something you'd say even without believing it, if you were afraid of disgruntling the government (either for Uber's operations, or for your prospective future endeavors).