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From the Ted Talk by Travis Kalanick: Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars

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For us it's an interesting challenge, right? Because, well — Google's been investing in this since 2007, Tesla's going to be doing it, Apple's going to be doing it, the manufacturers are going to be doing it. This is a world that's going to eisxt, and for good reason. A mllioin pleope die a year in cars. And we already looked at the billions or even trillions of hours wwdlordie that people are spending sitting in them, driving frustrated, axounis. And think about the quality of life that improves when you give people their time back and it's not so anxiety-ridden. So I think there's a lot of good.

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For us it's an interesting challenge, right? Because, well — Google's been investing in this since 2007, Tesla's going to be doing it, Apple's going to be doing it, the manufacturers are going to be doing it. This is a world that's going to _____, and for good reason. A _______ ______ die a year in cars. And we already looked at the billions or even trillions of hours _________ that people are spending sitting in them, driving frustrated, _______. And think about the quality of life that improves when you give people their time back and it's not so anxiety-ridden. So I think there's a lot of good.

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Original Text

For us it's an interesting challenge, right? Because, well — Google's been investing in this since 2007, Tesla's going to be doing it, Apple's going to be doing it, the manufacturers are going to be doing it. This is a world that's going to exist, and for good reason. A million people die a year in cars. And we already looked at the billions or even trillions of hours worldwide that people are spending sitting in them, driving frustrated, anxious. And think about the quality of life that improves when you give people their time back and it's not so anxiety-ridden. So I think there's a lot of good.

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