People around the world wanted these new transportation options, and according to Travis’s Law, their fervor could provide the political cover to fuel a rapid expansion. If the taxi lobby and their political surrogates didn’t want to let the future unfold, well, he had seen that movie before, with the music industry during his file-sharing days. There was no point trying to negotiate with them. To maintain Uber’s position in the vanguard of upstarts changing transportation, Kalanick, already aggressive and determined, was going to have to be even more aggressive and determined—and even,
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