1. The median household income in the US is something like 1/3 to 1/2 of what I understand the starting salaries are in SV. For most outside the tech bubble, economically, there is little visible difference between "techies" and "billionaire CEOs".
2. Much of Kalanick's behavior is mirrored by lesser techies, albeit on a smaller scale.
3. Anyone have any hard numbers on the size of the "techies and billionaire CEOs" class versus the total professional classical musicians and physicists in the world? Certainly, the former seems to have more actual impact.
4. Do you really want to live on the pointy end of lawyer and wall street banker jokes?
("What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?" "One is a bottom feeding scum-sucker; the other is a fish.")