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Re:Uber poached people from Carnegie Mellon robotics lab to ... by cafebeen on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:14PM (#9613257)
No doubt they've done great things, but the wealth gap still exists and has potential to cause social/economic/political problems.
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Re:Uber poached people from Carnegie Mellon robotics lab to ... by dylanjermiah on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @07:18PM (#9615093)
Specifically what social, economic and political problems? And very specifically why are these problems bad? What do you think will happen?
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Re:Uber poached people from Carnegie Mellon robotics lab to ... by cafebeen on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @11:14PM (#9615873)
Some reading on the topic if you're curious (or dubious):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality#Effects

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