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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by maxehmookau on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:07AM (#24119886)
> There is no such thing as "society is not willing to pay the higher prices for drivers to be treated as employees." Society isn't a brain which thinks. There is emergent behavior.

I don't see this argument made enough, especially on HN.

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:27AM (#24120578)
I think because a lot of people realize that "brains which think" are themselves emergent behavior of a complex system, which is ultimately not really different.
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