Ride-Hailing Is a Four-Letter Word

Everybody knows what it’s like to ride in an Uber. But who knows what it feels like to drive one?

I do.

After significant changes in my personal circumstances I found myself, as they say, between opportunities. I own a car, I have a clean record, heartless algorithms don’t scare me; see where I’m going with this?

This books chronicles a year of driving for Uber and Lyft. How I did it, how much I got paid, and what lessons I learned about our society’s costly dependence on convenience.